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Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Lina Marie Andersson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Malmberget, Sweden | March 18, 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Piteå Elit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 13 – (1999–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (15th in 2002, 2005, 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lina Andersson (born March 18, 1981, in Malmberget) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint (with Anna Dahlberg) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.
Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (Individual sprint: 2005, team sprint: 2009) and a bronze (4 × 5 km relay: 2009). She also has nineteen individual victories at all levels at various distances since 1999.
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [1]
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay | Team sprint |
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2002 | 20 | 16 | — | 39 | — | 28 | 12 | — |
2006 | 24 | 33 | — | — | DNF | 11 | — | Gold |
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay | Team sprint |
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2001 | 19 | — | 27 | — | CNX [a] | — | — | — |
2003 | 21 | 21 | 27 | — | — | 24 | 6 | — |
2005 | 23 | — | — | — | DNS | Silver | 8 | — |
2007 | 25 | 42 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 4 |
2009 | 27 | 14 | — | — | — | — | Bronze | Silver |
Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening | Tour de Ski | World Cup Final | ||
1999 | 18 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
2000 | 19 | 37 | — | 61 | 48 | 21 | — | — | — |
2001 | 20 | 41 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — |
2002 | 21 | 15 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
2003 | 22 | 53 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — |
2004 | 23 | 68 | NC | — | — | 41 | — | — | — |
2005 | 24 | 15 | 44 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — |
2006 | 25 | 15 | 42 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
2007 | 26 | 20 | 35 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
2008 | 27 | 45 | NC | — | — | 29 | — | — | — |
2009 | 28 | 48 | 51 | — | — | 10 | — | — | DNF |
2010 | 29 | 42 | 83 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 32 |
2011 | 30 | 47 | 77 | — | — | 21 | DNF | — | DNF |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 2000–01 | 7 March 2001 | Oslo, Norway | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd |
2 | 2001–02 | 7 March 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
3 | 2004–05 | 5 March 2005 | Lahti, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st |
4 | 9 March 2005 | Drammen, Norway | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
5 | 2005–06 | 8 January 2006 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.0 km Sprint C | World Cup | 1st |
6 | 22 January 2006 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 0.9 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | |
7 | 2008–09 | 29 November 2008 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
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1 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Ek / Dahlberg / Olsson |
2 | 2006–07 | 29 October 2006 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Norgren |
3 | 17 December 2006 | La Clusaz, France | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Lindborg / Kalla / Norgren | |
4 | 4 February 2007 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Strömstedt / Kalla / Norgren | |
5 | 2008–09 | 7 December 2008 | La Clusaz, France | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Lindborg / Haag / Kalla |
6 | 18 January 2009 | Whistler, Canada | 6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rdd | Olsson | |
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