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Sandra Näslund

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Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in Idre Fjäll, Sweden
Country Sweden
Born (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28)
Kramfors, Sweden
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Ski clubKramfors Alpina
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (2012–present)
Starts103
Podiums63
Wins37
Overall titles1 – (2018)
Discipline titles4 – Ski cross (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Ski cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Ski cross
Gold medal – first place 2021 Idre Ski cross
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Ski cross
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Mixed team ski cross
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Val Thorens Ski cross
Gold medal – first place 2017 Chiesa in Valmalenco Ski cross
Silver medal – second place 2014 Chiesa in Valmalenco Ski cross
Updated on 28 February 2023.

Sandra Catrin Näslund (born 6 July 1996) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing.[1][2] She is the 2022 ski cross Olympic champion, the 2017, 2021 and 2023 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023 ski cross World Cups, and the overall winner of the 2018 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.

Career

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Näslund made her Freestyle World Cup debut in March 2012. As of the 2021–22 season, she has won the Ski cross World Cup three times and has won a total of 28 individual World Cup races.[1]

Näslund competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Sweden. She finished 10th in the seeding run for the ski cross event. In the first round, she won in her heat, advancing. In the quarterfinals, she finished second, again advancing. She failed to finish her semi-final, ending up in the B final, which she won, to secure 5th place.[3][4]

She became Sweden's first world champion in ski cross when she won the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada.[5]

During the 2017–2018 season, she won both the skicross and the freestyle skiing world cups for women.[6]

Näslund injured her right knee during practice, in November 2020, before the World Cup season premiere in Arosa. She spent the following eleven weeks rehabilitating her injury, before making her season debut at the World Championships in Idre.[7] Näslund placed second in the qualification run and three days later she won each of the elimination heats, including the big final, to claim her second World Championships gold medal.

Näslund won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she won the qualification run and each of the following elimination heats, including the big final, becoming the first Swedish skier to win the Ski cross event. Näslund also dominated the Ski cross World Cup over the 2021–22 season, winning eleven out of twelve races.

Personal life

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Näslund is openly lesbian.[8]

World Cup results

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Season titles

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5 titles (1 overall, 4 ski cross)

Season
Discipline
2017–18 Overall
Ski cross
2019–20 Ski cross
2021–22 Ski cross
2022–23 Ski cross

Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Ski cross Cross
Alps Tour
2011–12 15 169 44 N/A
2012–13 16 122 26 N/A
2013–14 17 22 5 N/A
2014–15 18 89 21 N/A
2015–16 19 14 4 N/A
2016–17 20 7 2 5
2017–18 21 1 1 1
2018–19 22 4 2 1
2019–20 23 2 1 1
2020–21 24 N/A 8 injured: did
not compete
2021–22 25 N/A 1 1
2022–23 26 N/A 1 1

Ski cross individual victories

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  • 37 wins
  • 63 podiums
Season
Date Location
2016–2017
2 victories
14 January 2017 Italy Watles, Italy
11 February 2017 Sweden Idre, Sweden
2017–2018
7 victories
7 December 2017 France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2017 Switzerland Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
22 December 2017 Italy Innichen, Italy
13 January 2018 Sweden Idre, Sweden
14 January 2018 Sweden Idre, Sweden
20 January 2018 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
4 March 2018 Russia Sunny Valley, Russia
2018–2019
3 victories
22 December 2018 Italy Innichen, Italy
16 February 2019 Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
17 February 2019 Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019–2020
3 victories
6 December 2019 France Val Thorens, France
18 January 2020 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
26 January 2020 Sweden Idre, Sweden
2020–2021
2 victories
19 February 2021 Austria Reiteralm, Austria
21 March 2021 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2021–2022
11 victories
27 November 2021 China Secret Garden, China
11 December 2021 France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2021 France Val Thorens, France
19 December 2021 Italy Innichen, Italy
20 December 2021 Italy Innichen, Italy
14 January 2022 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
15 January 2022 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
22 January 2022 Sweden Idre, Sweden
23 January 2022 Sweden Idre, Sweden
13 March 2022 Austria Reiteralm, Austria
19 March 2022 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2022–2023
9 victories
8 December 2022 France Val Thorens, France
9 December 2022 France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2022 Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland
21 December 2022 Italy Innichen, Italy
22 December 2022 Italy Innichen, Italy
21 January 2023 Sweden Idre, Sweden
22 January 2023 Sweden Idre, Sweden
16 February 2023 Austria Reiteralm, Austria
17 February 2023 Austria Reiteralm, Austria

Ski cross mixed team victories

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  • 1 win
  • 2 podiums
Season
Date Location Teammate
2021–2022 15 December 2021 Switzerland Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland David Mobärg

World Championship results

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Year
Age Ski cross Team Ski cross
2013 16 14
2015 18 injured: did
not compete
2017 20 1
2019 22 9
2021 24 1
2023 26 1 1

Olympic results

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Year
Age Ski cross
2014 17 5
2018 21 4
2022 25 1

References

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  1. ^ a b FIS Profile – Freestyle
  2. ^ FIS Profile – Alpine
  3. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  5. ^ Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ Samuel Abrahamsson, Björn Becksmo (12 February 2021). "Sandra Näslund: "Är här för att slåss om medaljerna"" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ^ "At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record". Outsports. 26 January 2022.
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