Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund (born 6 July 1996 in Kramfors) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing.[1][2] She is the 2017 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2017–18 ski cross World Cup, and the overall winner of the 2017–18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.
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 Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in Idre Fjäll, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1996 Kramfors, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 38 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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 semifinal, ending up in the B final, which she won, to secure 5th place.[3][4]
Näslund made her Freestyle World Cup debut in March 2012. As of 2016–17 season, she has three World Cup podium wins. Her best Freestyle World Cup overall finish in ski cross is second, in 2016–17.[1]
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]
World Cup results
Season standings
| 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 | 1 |
Ski cross race victories
- 15 wins
- 38 podiums
| Season | ||
| Date | Location | |
| 2016–2017 2 victories |
January 14, 2017 |  |
| February 11, 2017 |  | |
| 2017–2018 7 victories |
December 7, 2017 |  |
| December 12, 2017 |  | |
| December 22, 2017 | | |
| January 13, 2018 | | |
| January 14, 2018 | | |
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| March 4, 2018 |  | |
| 2018–2019 3 victories |
December 22, 2018 | |
| February 16, 2019 |  | |
| February 17, 2019 | | |
| 2019–2020 3 victories |
December 6, 2019 | |
| January 18, 2020 | | |
| January 26, 2020 | |
World Championship results
| Year | ||
| Age | Ski cross | |
| 2013 | 16 | 14 |
| 2015 | 18 | injured: did not compete |
| 2017 | 20 | 1 |
| 2019 | 22 | 9 |
References
- FIS Profile - Freestyle
- FIS Profile - Alpine
- "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
- Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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