Frida Hansdotter
 Hansdotter in January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 December 1985 Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Norbergs SLK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 23 October 2004 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | fridahansdotter.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2007–15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10th – (2007–16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 17 – (17 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SL, 2014, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frida Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in the technical events and specializes in slalom. Her father, Hans Johansson, was also an alpine skier.[1] She is second cousin of Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland.
Born in Västerås, Västmanland, Hansdotter represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[2] the 2014 Winter Olympics and at four World Championships. She gained her first World Cup victory at Kranjska Gora in 2014. Previously Hansdotter had eight runner-up finishes, the most in World Cup history without a victory.[3] She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014.
World Cup results
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 | 2 | 34 | – | – | — |
| 2015 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 14 | – | – | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 Mar 2009 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2012 | 11 Feb 2012 | Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2013 | 20 Dec 2012 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd |
| 4 Jan 2013 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 15 Jan 2013 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 27 Jan 2013 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 17 Dec 2013 | Courchevel, France | Slalom | 2nd |
| 14 Jan 2014 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2 Feb 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 Mar 2014 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 15 Nov 2014 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 30 Nov 2014 | Aspen, USA | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 13 Dec 2014 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 13 Jan 2015 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 21 Mar 2015 | Méribel, France | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2016 | 28 Nov 2015 | Aspen, USA | Slalom | 3rd |
| 29 Nov 2015 | Slalom | 2nd |
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 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 28 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — |
References
- ^ Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Profile
- ^ 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.
External links
- Frida Hansdotter at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Frida Hansdotter – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Frida Hansdotter
- Frida Hansdotter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results - Swedish Olympic Comiittee (SOK) – Frida Hansdotter – Template:Sv icon
- Rossignol.com – Frida Hansdotter – alpine skiing – Sweden
- Official website – Template:Sv icon
- interview with 19 years old Frida Hansdotter at SVT's open archive Template:Sv icon
