Sandra Näslund

Sandra Näslund (born (1996-07-06)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.

Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in Idre Fjäll, Sweden
Born	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 Kramfors, Sweden
World Cup career
Individual wins	15
Indiv. podiums	38
Medal record Women's freestyle skiing Representing  Sweden World Championships 2017 Sierra Nevada Ski cross

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 titles

2 titles (1 overall, 1 ski cross)

Season
	Discipline
2017–18	Overall
	Ski cross

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	Watles, Italy
	February 11, 2017	Idre, Sweden
2017–2018 7 victories	December 7, 2017	Val Thorens, France
	December 12, 2017	Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
	December 22, 2017	Innichen, Italy
	January 13, 2018	Idre, Sweden
	January 14, 2018	Idre, Sweden
	January 20, 2018	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	March 4, 2018	Sunny Valley, Russia
2018–2019 3 victories	December 22, 2018	Innichen, Italy
	February 16, 2019	Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
	February 17, 2019	Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019–2020 3 victories	December 6, 2019	Val Thorens, France
	January 18, 2020	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	January 26, 2020	Idre, Sweden

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Ski cross
2013	16	14
2015	18	injured: did not compete
2017	20	1
2019	22	9

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Ski cross
2014	17	5
2018	21	4

References

1. FIS Profile - Freestyle
2. FIS Profile - Alpine
3. "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
4. "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
5. Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
6. Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links

Media related to Sandra Näslund at Wikimedia Commons