Anna Holmlund

Anna Holmlund

Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Women's Freestyle skiing
Olympic Games
2014 SochiSki cross
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2011 Deer ValleySki cross

Anna Holmlund (born 3 October 1987 in Sundsvall) is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.

Career

She has won 19 World Cup races and two overall World Cups.[1] She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished sixth, and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Holmlund earned a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.[2]

During a practice run on 19 December 2016 in Innichen, Holmlund crashed and suffered head injuries with brain hemorrhages and facial fractures.[3][4] She was put in a medically induced coma in a hospital in Bolzano,[5] and flown back to Sweden a week later.[6] In May 2017 the Swedish Ski Association announced that Holmlund had regained consciousness, was able to communicate and recognised friends and family.[7]

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Place
201021 Dec 2009 Innichen, Italy1st
22 Dec 2009 Innichen, Italy1st
14 Mar 2010 Grindelwald, Switzerland1st
19 Mar 2010 Sierra Nevada, Spain1st
201118 Dec 2010 Innichen, Italy1st
16 Jan 2011 Les Contamines, France3rd
29 Jan 2011 Grasgehren, Germany1st
6 Mar 2011 Meiringen, Switzerland1st
13 Mar 2011 Branäs, Sweden1st
19 Mar 2011 Voss, Norway1st
20138 Dec 2012 Nakiska, Canada3rd
13 Dec 2012 Telluride, United States3rd
12 Jan 2013 Les Contamines, France2nd
201421 Dec 2013 Innichen, Italy3rd
201510 Jan 2015 Val Thorens, France2nd
6 Feb 2015 Arosa, Switzerland2nd
7 Feb 2015 Arosa, Switzerland2nd
15 Feb 2015 Åre, Sweden1st
21 Feb 2015 Tegernsee, Germany3rd
22 Feb 2015 Tegernsee, Germany1st
13 Mar 2015 Megeve, France1st
14 Mar 2015 Megeve, France1st
20165 Dec 2015 Montafon, Austria2nd
11 Dec 2015 Val Thorens, France1st
12 Dec 2015 Val Thorens, France1st
19 Dec 2015 Innichen, Italy2nd
16 Jan 2016 Watles, Italy1st
17 Jan 2016 Watles, Italy2nd
13 Feb 2016 Idre Fjäll, Sweden1st

References

  1. ↑ FIS bio Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ FIS - Anna Holmlund
  3. ↑ "Swedish ski cross champion in coma after surgery". The Local. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Swedish skier Holmlund in coma after training crash". Reuters. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Reuters.
  5. ↑ Press, Associated (21 December 2016). "Second freestyle skier injured on hill that left Sochi bronze medallist in coma". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Anna Holmlund har flugits hem". Sportbladet. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016 – via Aftonbladet.
  7. ↑ "Olympic ski cross medalist Anna Holmlund out of coma 5 months after crash". ESPN (UK TV channel). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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