Sara Hector

Swedish alpine skier Olympic champion
Sara Hector
Personal information
Born (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 31)
Sandviken, Sweden
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, slalom
ClubKungsbergets AK
World Cup debut12 December 2009 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (2011–2023)
Medals3  (team) (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (2010–2024)
Wins5 – (5 GS)
Podiums18 – (17 GS, 1 SL)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2024)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in GS, 2022)

Sara Maria Hector (born 4 September 1992) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer who is the reigning Olympic champion in giant slalom.[1] She has competed at seven World Championships and won three medals in the team event (2011, 2015, 2021).[2][3]

Hector gained her first World Cup victory in December 2014, a giant slalom in Kühtai, Austria.[4][5] At her third Winter Olympics in 2022, she was the gold medalist in giant slalom,[1] was her first Olympic medal and the first Olympic gold for Sweden in the women's GS event in thirty years.[6][7]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2010 17 120 — 45 — — — —
2011 18 93 — 32 — — —
2012 19 102 — 41 — — —
2013 20 80 48 37 47 — —
2014 21 61 — 26 — — 5
2015 22 19 29 4 — — —
2016 23 64 38 27 — — —
2017 24 66 54 21 — — —
2018 25 49 57 10 — — —
2019 26 45 32 15 — — —
2020 27 33 28 12 — — — 16
2021 28 16 13 11 — — — 4
2022 29 7 12 2 — — 5
2023 30 10 9 6 — — —
2024 31 4 6 3 — —

Race podiums

  • 5 wins – (5 GS)
  • 18 podiums – (17 GS, 1 SL); 64 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2015 12 Dec 2014 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 2nd
28 Dec 2014 Austria Kühtai in Tirol, Austria Giant slalom 1st
2021 12 Dec 2020 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 2nd
2022 21 Dec 2021 Giant slalom 2nd
22 Dec 2021 Giant slalom 1st
28 Dec 2021 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
8 Jan 2022 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 1st
25 Jan 2022 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 1st
6 Mar 2022  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd
2023 26 Nov 2022 United States Killington, USA Giant slalom 3rd
10 Dec 2022 Italy Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
25 Jan 2023 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 3rd
10 Mar 2023 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 3rd
2024 29 Dec 2023 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
16 Jan 2024 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
20 Jan 2024 Slovakia Jasná, Slovakia Giant slalom 1st
30 Jan 2024 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
9 Mar 2024 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team Event
2011 18 — 17 — — — — 3
2013 20 — DNF2 DNS 26 9 —
2015 22 23 10 — — — 3
2017 24 — 9 — — — —
2019 26 — 7 — — — —
2021 28 13 DNF2 — — — — 2
2023 30 7 13 — — — 8 11

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team Event
2014 21 — — 21 25 13 —
2018 25 — 10 — — — —
2022 29 DNF2 1 — — — —

References

  1. ^ a b "Sara Hector tog OS-guld". SVT. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Sara Hector Biography". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.
  3. ^ Thomas Lindblom, Therese Bosta (17 February 2021). "Den svenska silverglädjen" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Sara Hector claims maiden World Cup win in Kühtai". Federation Internationale de Ski. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ^ "U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin third in giant slalom". USA TODAY. Associated Press. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Sweden's Sara Hector wins Olympic GS gold after Shiffrin out". AP NEWS. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Beijing 2022: Sara Hector wins gold in the women's GS". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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