Frida Hansdotter

Swedish alpine skier

Frida Hansdotter
Frida Hansdotter 2019
Personal information
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985 (age 38)
Västerås, Sweden
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubNorbergs SLK
World Cup debut23 October 2004 (age 18)
Retired17 March 2019 (age 33)
Websitefridahansdotter.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (20072019)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (20052019)
Wins4 – (4 SL)
Podiums35 – (34 SL, 1 PSL)
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2016)
Discipline titles1 – (SL, 2016)

Frida Marie Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. She competed in the technical events and specialised in slalom. Hansdotter's father Hans Johansson was also an alpine racer,[1] and she is a second cousin of Prince Daniel.

On 6 March 2019, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.[2][3] In February 2022 she was elected to serve eight-year terms as a member of both the International Olympic Committee and the IOC Athletes' Commission.[4][5]

Career

Born in Västerås, Hansdotter represented Sweden at three Winter Olympics,[6] and at seven World Championships. She gained her first World Cup victory at Kranjska Gora in 2014, which followed eight runner-up finishes, the most in World Cup history without a win.[7] She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014 and 2015, and won the title in 2016.[8]

Hansdotter has won three medals in the slalom at the World Championships: silver in 2015 and bronze in 2013 and 2017.[9]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won the women's slalom.[10]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2016 Slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2007 21 89 30
2008 22 53 19 45
2009 23 28 9 44 27
2010 24 62 18
2011 25 46 14
2012 26 25 9 45
2013 27 10 4 12
2014 28 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 26
2015 29 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14
2016 30 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
2017 31 13 4 32
2018 32 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 17
2019 33 8 5 11
Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018
Hansdotter, January 2018

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (4 SL)
  • 35 podiums – (34 SL, 1 PSL)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2009 7 March 2009 Germany Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom 2nd
2012 11 February 2012 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 2nd
2013 20 December 2012 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd
4 January 2013 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 2nd
15 January 2013 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 2nd
27 January 2013 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 2nd
2014 17 December 2013 France Courchevel, France Slalom 2nd
14 January 2014 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 2nd
2 February 2014 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 1st
15 March 2014  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland   Slalom 2nd
2015 15 November 2014 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
30 November 2014 United States Aspen, USA Slalom 2nd
13 December 2014 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 3rd
13 January 2015 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 1st
21 March 2015 France Méribel, France Slalom 2nd
2016 28 November 2015 United States Aspen, USA Slalom 3rd
29 November 2015 Slalom 2nd
13 December 2015 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd
29 December 2015 Austria Lienz, Austria Slalom 1st
12 January 2016 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
15 January 2016 Slalom 2nd
23 February 2016 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 2nd
19 March 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2017 8 January 2017 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 3rd
10 January 2017 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 1st
18 March 2017 United States Aspen, USA Slalom 3rd
2018 28 December 2017 Austria Lienz, Austria Slalom 3rd
3 January 2018 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd
7 January 2018 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 2nd
9 January 2018 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
28 January 2018  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 2nd
10 March 2018 Germany Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom 3rd
17 March 2018 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 3rd
2019 25 November 2018 United States Killington, USA Slalom 3rd
22 December 2018 France Courchevel, France Slalom 3rd
Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018
Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2007 21 30
2009 23 15 DNF1 DNF DNF1
2011 25 8
2013 27 3 5
2015 29 2 12
2017 31 3 16
2019 33 5 11

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2010 24 15
2014 28 5 13
2018 32 1 6

References

  1. ^ Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. ^ Ibraheem Alsalman (6 March 2019). "Hansdotter slutar" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ^ Jonatan Andersson (6 March 2019). "Frida Hansdotter avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "IOC Session elects five new Members". olympics.com. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Beijing Olympians elect two new members to IOC Athletes' Commission". olympics.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  7. ^ Valle, Max (2 February 2014). "The eternal second there s made it: Frida Hansdotter wins slalom in Kranjska Gora! Eighth Chiara Costazza". snowalps.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ^ Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ Petter Landén, Anna Friberg, Nicolinn Nilsson (16 February 2018). "Frida Hansdotter vinner OS-guld i slalom efter rysare" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 16 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Media related to Frida Hansdotter at Wikimedia Commons

  • Frida Hansdotter at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  • Frida Hansdotter World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
  • Frida Hansdotter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
  • Frida Hansdotter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Swedish Olympic Comiittee (SOK) – Frida Hansdotter – (in Swedish)
  • Rossignol.com Archived 15 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Frida Hansdotter – alpine skiing – Sweden
  • Official website(in Swedish)
  • interview with 19 years old Frida Hansdotter at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Women's slalom World Cup winners
World Cup women's winners: Overall • Downhill • Super-G • Giant Slalom • Slalom • Combined • Parallel