Lina Andersson

Lina Andersson (born March 18, 1981 in Malmberget) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint (with Anna Dahlberg) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.

Lina Andersson
Lina Andersson after becoming silver medalist during the 2005 FIS World Nordic Skiing Championships in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany in February 2005.
Country Sweden
Full nameLina Marie Andersson
Born (1981-03-18) March 18, 1981
Malmberget, Sweden
Ski clubPiteå Elit
World Cup career
Seasons1999–2011
Individual wins2
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums7
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts113
Team starts26
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2002, 2005, 2006)
Discipline titles0

Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (Individual sprint: 2005, team sprint: 2009) and a bronze (4 × 5 km relay: 2009). She also has nineteen individual victories at all levels at various distances since 1999.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games
  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit  30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20022016—39—2812N/A
20062433N/A—DNF11—Gold

World Championships
  • 3 medals – (2 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200119—27—CNX[a]——N/A
2003212127——246N/A
200523—N/A—DNSSilver8—
20072542N/A——644
20092714N/A———BronzeSilver
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
199918NCN/ANCN/A—N/AN/AN/A
20001937N/A614821N/AN/AN/A
20012041N/AN/AN/A25N/AN/AN/A
20022115N/AN/AN/A11N/AN/AN/A
20032253N/AN/AN/A35N/AN/AN/A
20042368NCN/AN/A41N/AN/AN/A
2005241544N/AN/A6N/AN/AN/A
2006251542N/AN/A4N/AN/AN/A
2007262035N/AN/A4N/A—N/A
20082745NCN/AN/A29N/A——
2009284851N/AN/A10N/A—DNF
2010294283N/AN/A12N/A—32
2011304777N/AN/A21DNF—DNF

Individual podiums
  • 2 victories – (2 WC)
  • 7 podiums – (7 WC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2000–01 7 March 2001 Oslo, Norway1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
2 2001–02 7 March 2001 Kuopio, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
32004–055 March 2005 Lahti, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
49 March 2005 Drammen, Norway1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
52005–068 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
622 January 2006 Oberstdorf, Germany0.9 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
7 2008–09 29 November 2008 Rukatunturi, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums
  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 6 podiums – (4 RL, 2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12001–0227 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdEk / Dahlberg / Olsson
22006–0729 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndNorgren
317 December 2006 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndLindborg / Kalla / Norgren
44 February 2007   Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stStrömstedt / Kalla / Norgren
52008–097 December 2008 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndLindborg / Haag / Kalla
618 January 2009 Whistler, Canada6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rddOlsson

References
  1. "ANDERSSON Lina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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