Frida Hansdotter

Frida Hansdotter
 Alpine skier 
Hansdotter in April 2016
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
Club Norbergs SLK
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985
Västerås, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup debut 23 October 2004 (age 18)
Website fridahansdotter.com
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 – (20072017)
Medals 3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 14 – (20052018)
Wins 4 – (4 SL)
Podiums 33 – (32 SL, 1 PSL)
Overall titles 0 – (5th in 2016)
Discipline titles 1 – (SL, 2016)

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

Career

Born in Västerås, Hansdotter represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[2] the 2014 Winter Olympics, and at six 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.[3] She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014 and 2015, and won the title in 2016.[4]

Hansdotter has won three medals in the slalom at the World Championships: silver in 2015 and bronze in 2013 and 2017.[5]

During the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, she won the women's slalom competition.[6]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2016Slalom

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007218930
200822531945
2009232894427
2010246218
2011254614
20122625945
20132710412
20142810226
2015296214
201630518
20173113432
2018329317
  •  Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018
    Hansdotter, January 2018
    Standings through 11 March 2018

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (4 SL)
  • 33 podiums – (32 SL, 1 PSL)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
20097 Mar 2009Germany Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom2nd
201211 Feb 2012Andorra Soldeu, AndorraSlalom2nd
201320 Dec 2012Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
4 Jan 2013Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
15 Jan 2013Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
27 Jan 2013Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaSlalom2nd
201417 Dec 2013France Courchevel, FranceSlalom2nd
14 Jan 2014Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
2 Feb 2014Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
15 Mar 2014 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland  Slalom2nd
201515 Nov 2014Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom2nd
30 Nov 2014United States Aspen, USASlalom2nd
13 Dec 2014Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom3rd
13 Jan 2015Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
21 Mar 2015France Méribel, FranceSlalom2nd
201628 Nov 2015United States Aspen, USASlalom3rd
29 Nov 2015Slalom2nd
13 Dec 2015Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
29 Dec 2015Austria Lienz, AustriaSlalom1st
12 Jan 2016Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
15 Jan 2016Slalom2nd
23 Feb 2016Sweden Stockholm, SwedenParallel slalom2nd
19 Mar 2016 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
20178 Jan 2017Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaSlalom3rd
10 Jan 2017Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
18 Mar 2017United States Aspen, USASlalom3rd
201828 Dec 2017Austria Lienz, AustriaSlalom3rd
3 Jan 2018Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom3rd
7 Jan 2018Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom2nd
9 Jan 2018Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
28 Jan 2018 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
10 Mar 2018Germany Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom3rd
17 Mar 2018Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom3rd
 Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018
Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20072130
20092315DNF1DNFDNF1
2011258
20132735
201529212
201731316

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20102415
201428513
20183216

References

  1. Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. Vancouver 2010 Profile
  3. 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.
  4. "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. 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.
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