Frida Hansdotter
Frida Marie Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. She competed in the technical events and specialised in slalom. Hansdotter's father Hans Johansson was also an alpine racer,[1] and she is a second cousin of Prince Daniel.
Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Norbergs SLK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Västerås, Sweden | 13 December 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 23 October 2004 (age 18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 17 March 2019 (age 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | fridahansdotter.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (2010, 2014, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 7 – (2007–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 15 – (2005–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 – (4 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 35 – (34 SL, 1 PSL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (SL, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On 6 March 2019, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.[2][3]
Career
Born in Västerås, Hansdotter represented Sweden at three Winter Olympics,[4] and at seven 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.[5] She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014 and 2015, and won the title in 2016.[6]
Hansdotter has won three medals in the slalom at the World Championships: silver in 2015 and bronze in 2013 and 2017.[7]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won the women's slalom.[8]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | |||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2007 | 21 | 89 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
2008 | 22 | 53 | 19 | 45 | — | — | — |
2009 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 44 | — | — | 27 |
2010 | 24 | 62 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
2011 | 25 | 46 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
2012 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 45 | — | — | — |
2013 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — |
2014 | 28 | 10 | 26 | — | — | — | |
2015 | 29 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | |
2016 | 30 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | |
2017 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — |
2018 | 32 | 9 | 17 | — | — | — | |
2019 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
Season | ||||
Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
2009 | 7 March 2009 | Slalom | 2nd | |
2012 | 11 February 2012 | Slalom | 2nd | |
2013 | 20 December 2012 | Slalom | 2nd | |
4 January 2013 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
15 January 2013 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
27 January 2013 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
2014 | 17 December 2013 | Slalom | 2nd | |
14 January 2014 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
2 February 2014 | Slalom | 1st | ||
15 March 2014 | | Slalom | 2nd | |
2015 | 15 November 2014 | Slalom | 2nd | |
30 November 2014 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
13 December 2014 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
13 January 2015 | Slalom | 1st | ||
21 March 2015 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
2016 | 28 November 2015 | Slalom | 3rd | |
29 November 2015 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
13 December 2015 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
29 December 2015 | Slalom | 1st | ||
12 January 2016 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
15 January 2016 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
23 February 2016 | Parallel slalom | 2nd | ||
19 March 2016 | | Slalom | 3rd | |
2017 | 8 January 2017 | Slalom | 3rd | |
10 January 2017 | Slalom | 1st | ||
18 March 2017 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
2018 | 28 December 2017 | Slalom | 3rd | |
3 January 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
7 January 2018 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
9 January 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
28 January 2018 | | Slalom | 2nd | |
10 March 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
17 March 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
2019 | 25 November 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | |
22 December 2018 | Slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2007 | 21 | — | — | 30 | — | — |
2009 | 23 | 15 | DNF1 | DNF | — | DNF1 |
2011 | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 27 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — |
2015 | 29 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — |
2017 | 31 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — |
2019 | 33 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2010 | 24 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
2014 | 28 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — |
2018 | 32 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
References
- Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- Ibraheem Alsalman (6 March 2019). "Hansdotter slutar" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- Jonatan Andersson (6 March 2019). "Frida Hansdotter avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- Vancouver 2010 Profile
- 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.
- "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
- Frida Hansdotter at the International Ski Federation
- Frida Hansdotter World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Frida Hansdotter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Frida Hansdotter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Swedish Olympic Comiittee (SOK) – Frida Hansdotter – (in Swedish)
- Rossignol.com – Frida Hansdotter – alpine skiing – Sweden
- Official website – (in Swedish)
- interview with 19 years old Frida Hansdotter at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)