Charlotte Kalla
Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 10 km freestyle event in Vancouver. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Kalla ran the final leg in the 4 × 5 km women's relay race and started third with a 25.7 seconds lag behind the first place but reduced the gap, overtaking her competitors in the final straight, earning Sweden the first gold medal in the women's relay event since 1968. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang Kalla won Olympic gold medal in the skiathlon event.
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Charlotte Kalla in February 2019 | |
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Full name | Marina Charlotte Kalla |
Born | Tärendö, Norrbotten, Sweden | 22 July 1987
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Ski club | Piteå Elit |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 2006– |
Individual wins | 12 |
Team wins | 3 |
Indiv. podiums | 59 |
Team podiums | 14 |
Indiv. starts | 250 |
Team starts | 27 |
Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2008 and 2012) |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Medal record
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Updated on 24 March 2019. |
On 6 January 2008, Kalla won the second edition of Tour de Ski in her debut in the event.[1]
Kalla won a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 10 km freestyle event in Falun. In total Kalla has twelve World Championship medals, five of them individual.
Kalla is of Tornedalian Finnish descent.
Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
Kalla won the gold medal in the women's 10 km individual for Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a time of 24:58.4.[2][3] She also won a silver in the team sprint event with Anna Haag at those same games.[4]
2014 Winter Olympics
Kalla won a silver medal in the skiathlon event on 8 February in Sochi,[5] and another silver in the classical race on 13 February. In the 4 × 5 km women's relay race, held on 15 February, she ran in the final leg and started third with a 25.7 sec lag behind the first place and a 19.9 lag behind the second place, but totally reduced the gap, and overtook her competitors in the final straight, giving Sweden the gold medal.[6]
2018 Winter Olympics
Kalla took the first gold medal awarded at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang when she won the skiathlon,[7] breaking away from the leading group on the last lap of the course to take victory with a lead of 7.8 seconds over second-placed Marit Bjørgen. Her win made her the first Swedish woman to win three Winter Olympic golds, and tied her with canoer Agneta Andersson as the female Swede with most Olympic gold medals overall. It was also Kalla's sixth Olympic medal, equalling Anja Pärson's record for the most Winter Olympic medals among Swedish women.[8] She then went on to win silver in the 10 km freestyle individual start, the 4 × 5 km relay (together with Anna Haag, Ebba Andersson and Stina Nilsson) and the team sprint (with Stina Nilsson).[9]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[10]
Olympic Games
- 9 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver)
Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2010 | 22 | Gold | 8 | 6 | — | 5 | Silver |
2014 | 26 | Silver | Silver | 34 | — | Gold | — |
2018 | 30 | Silver | Gold | 5 | — | Silver | Silver |
World Championships
- 13 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2007 | 19 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 4 | — |
2009 | 21 | — | 8 | 18 | 6 | Bronze | — |
2011 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | Silver | Gold |
2013 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | Silver | Silver |
2015 | 27 | Gold | Bronze | Bronze | — | Silver | — |
2017 | 29 | Silver | Bronze | 7 | — | Silver | — |
2019 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | — | Gold | — |
World Cup
Season standings
Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
Ski Tour 2020 |
World Cup Final |
Ski Tour Canada | ||
2006 | 19 | 78 | NC | 48 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2007 | 20 | 37 | 28 | 39 | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2008 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 18 | N/A | N/A | 18 | N/A | |
2009 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 17 | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | |
2010 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 52 | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | |
2011 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | N/A 6 | N/A | N/A | |
2012 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | N/A | N/A | |
2013 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 20 | — | 7 | N/A | N/A | |
2014 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 38 | — | N/A | 5 | N/A | |
2015 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 5 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2016 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 12 |
2017 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 69 | — | 11 | N/A | 8 | N/A |
2018 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 43 | — | N/A | 7 | N/A | |
2019 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 4 | — | N/A | 10 | N/A |
2020 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 14 | 12 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
Individual podiums
- 12 victories – (7 WC, 5 SWC)
- 59 podiums – (35 WC, 24 SWC)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 2007–08 | 24 November 2007 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
2 | 29 December 2007 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 1st | ||
3 | 1 January 2008 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 1st | ||
4 | 4 January 2008 | 1.2 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 1st | ||
5 | 5 January 2008 | 10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
6 | 28 December 2007 – 6 January 2008 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 1st | ||
7 | 16 February 2008 | 7.6 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | ||
8 | 8 March 2008 | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
9 | 2008–09 | 22 November 2008 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
10 | 8 March 2009 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
11 | 20 March 2009 | 2.5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
12 | 20–22 March 2009 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | ||
13 | 2009–10 | 21 November 2009 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
14 | 12 December 2009 | | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
15 | 5 February 2010 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | ||
16 | 19 March 2010 | 2.5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
17 | 21 March 2010 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 1st | ||
18 | 19–21 March 2010 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | ||
19 | 2010–11 | 20 November 2010 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
20 | 26–28 November 2010 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | ||
21 | 31 December 2010 | 2.8 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
22 | 3 January 2011 | 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
23 | 20 February 2011 | 1.2 km Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | ||
24 | 2011–12 | 19 November 2011 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
25 | 25 November 2011 | 1.2 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
26 | 26 November 2011 | 5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
27 | 7 January 2012 | 10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
28 | 4 February 2012 | 10 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
29 | 16 March 2012 | 2.5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
30 | 18 March 2012 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
31 | 16–18 March 2012 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | ||
32 | 2012–13 | 29 December 2012 | 3 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
33 | 3 January 2013 | 15 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
34 | 22 March 2013 | 2.5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | ||
35 | 24 March 2013 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
36 | 22–24 March 2013 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | ||
37 | 2013–14 | 1 December 2013 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 1st | |
38 | 29 November 2013 – 1 December 2013 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 2nd | ||
39 | 7 December 2013 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | ||
40 | 14 December 2013 | | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
41 | 1 February 2014 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | ||
42 | 2 March 2014 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
43 | 2014–15 | 30 November 2014 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
44 | 15 February 2015 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | ||
45 | 8 March 2015 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | ||
46 | 2015–16 | 28 November 2015 | 5 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
47 | 5 December 2015 | 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
48 | 2016–17 | 7 January 2017 | 10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
49 | 21 January 2017 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | ||
50 | 19 February 2017 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | ||
51 | 2017–18 | 25 November 2017 | 10 km Individual C | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
52 | 26 November 2017 | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
53 | 24–26 November 2017 | Overall Standings | World Cup | 1st | ||
54 | 3 December 2017 | 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 1st | ||
55 | 16 December 2017 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | ||
56 | 21 January 2018 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | ||
57 | 2018–19 | 25 November 2018 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
58 | 1 December 2018 | 10 km Individual F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
59 | 8 December 2018 | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
Team podiums
- 3 victories – (2 RL, 1 TS)
- 14 podiums – (13 RL, 1 TS)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
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1 | 2006–07 | 17 December 2006 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | L. Andersson / Lindborg / Norgren | |
2 | 4 February 2007 | | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | L. Andersson / Strömstedt / Norgren | |
3 | 25 March 2007 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Dahlberg / Rydqvist / Norgren | ||
4 | 2007–08 | 28 October 2007 | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Norgren | |
5 | 2008–09 | 23 November 2008 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Hansson / Norgren / Haag | |
6 | 7 December 2008 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | L. Andersson / Lindborg / Haag | ||
7 | 2009–10 | 22 November 2009 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Olsson / Lindborg / Haag | |
8 | 2010–11 | 21 November 2010 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Norgren / Haag / Rydqvist | |
9 | 12 December 2010 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Lindborg / Haag / Rydqvist | ||
10 | 2012–13 | 25 November 2012 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Ingemarsdotter / Bleckur / Larsen | |
11 | 2016–17 | 22 January 2017 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Ingemarsdotter / Henriksson / Falk | |
12 | 2018–19 | 27 January 2019 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Settlin / E. Andersson / Sundling | |
13 | 2019–20 | 8 December 2019 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Ribom / Rönnlund / Lundgren | |
14 | 1 March 2020 | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Karlsson / Öhrn / Dahlqvist |
Other sports
On 17–18 April 2015, Kalla participated and placed second in Keb Classic, a ski mountaineering event in Kebnekaise, Sweden, with Emelie Forsberg and Josefina Wikberg.[11]
References
- "Kalla vinnare i Tour de ski". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 25 January 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- Charlotte Kalla Swedens First Winter Olympics Gold Medal at Vancouver
- "Sweden's Charlotte Kalla secures cross country crown". BBC Sport. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- Olmos, Cecilia (22 February 2010). "German women's team wins gold in cross country". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- "Kalla wins Sweden's first medal at Sochi 2014". SR International – Radio Sweden. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- "Kalla brings the gold home for Sweden in ladies' relay". Fis-Ski. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Winter Olympics: Sweden's Charlotte Kalla wins first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Charlotte Kalla wins 1st gold medal of PyeongChang 2018". International Ski Federation. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Athlete Profile – Charlotte Kalla". PyeongChang 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- "KALLA Charlotte". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- "Resultat 2015" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
External links
- Charlotte Kalla at the International Ski Federation
- Charlotte Kalla at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 17 March 2005 Charlotte Kalla interview at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)