Charlotte Kalla facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Charlotte Kalla
Charlotte Kalla in February 2019
Country	Sweden
Full name	Marina Charlotte Kalla
Born	(1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 (age 37) Pajala, Sweden
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ski club	Piteå Elit
World Cup career
Seasons	17 – (2006–2022)
Individual wins	12
Team wins	3
Indiv. podiums	59
Team podiums	15
Indiv. starts	266
Team starts	30
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 2008, 2012)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Sweden International nordic ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 6 0 World Championships 3 6 4 Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver 10 km freestyle Gold 2014 Sochi 4 × 5 km relay Gold 2018 Pyeongchang 15 km skiathlon Silver 2010 Vancouver Team sprint Silver 2014 Sochi 15 km skiathlon Silver 2014 Sochi 10 km classical Silver 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km freestyle Silver 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint World Championships Gold 2011 Oslo Team sprint Gold 2015 Falun 10 km freestyle Gold 2019 Seefeld 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2011 Oslo 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2013 Val di Fiemme Team sprint Silver 2013 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2015 Falun 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2017 Lahti 10 km classical Silver 2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay Bronze 2009 Liberec 4 × 5 km relay Bronze 2015 Falun 15 km skiathlon Bronze 2015 Falun 30 km classical Bronze 2017 Lahti 15 km skiathlon Junior World Championships Gold 2006 Kranj 10 km pursuit Gold 2007 Tarvisio 10 km pursuit Gold 2007 Tarvisio 5 km freestyle  Silver 2006 Kranj 4 × 3.33 km relay Silver 2007 Tarvisio Individual sprint Silver 2007 Tarvisio 4 × 3.33 km relay Bronze 2006 Kranj 5 km classical

Marina Charlotte Kalla (Swedish pronunciation: [ɧaˈɭɔtː ˈkâlːa]; born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier. A four-time Olympian, Kalla won three golds and nine medals overall at the Olympics between 2004 and 2022. She holds the joint record as Sweden's most decorated Olympic competitor and is the all-time leader among Swedish female athletes. She is also a 13-time medalist at the World Championships, including a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 10 km freestyle event in Falun. This made Kalla the first Swedish female cross-country skier to win individual golds in both the Olympics and World Championships. In 2008, Kalla won the Jerring Award.

She retired from competitive skiing after the Swedish Championships in March 2022.

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. She also won a silver in the team sprint event with Anna Haag at those same games.

2014 Winter Olympics

Kalla won a silver medal in the skiathlon event on 8 February in Sochi, 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.

2018 Winter Olympics

Kalla took the first gold medal awarded at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang when she won the skiathlon, 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. 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).

2022 Winter Olympics

Kalla competed in three events at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, her fourth appearance at the Games. Her highest placing was in the 15-km skiathlon, where she finished 19th as the defending champion. Kalla announced her retirement from international competition later that winter.

Other competitions

On 6 January 2008, Kalla won the second edition of Tour de Ski in her debut in the event.

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.

Personal life

Kalla was born in Tärendö in Norrbotten, Sweden. She is the eldest of three daughters.

In 2023, Kalla competed on the Swedish reality TV series Let's Dance, pairing with professional dancer Tobias Karlsson. Kalla became pregnant before the competition started, becoming the first dancer to participate while pregnant. Her daughter was born 15 July 2023.

Kalla is of Tornedalian Finnish descent.

She published her autobiography in 2023: "Skam den som ger sig" ("shame on the one who gives up"), in Swedish only. Written in the first person, the book summarises her sports career and describes her view.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

• 9 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver)

World Championships

• 13 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	Ski Tour 2020	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2006	18	78	NC	48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007	19	37	28	39	N/A	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008	20	4	7	18	N/A	01	N/A	18	N/A
2009	21	12	12	17	N/A	—	N/A	03	N/A
2010	22	8	4	52	N/A	—	N/A	03	N/A
2011	23	5	6	12	03	5	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012	24	4	4	15	4	7	N/A	03	N/A
2013	25	8	7	20	—	7	N/A	03	N/A
2014	26	7	4	38	02	—	N/A	5	N/A
2015	27	7	4	21	5	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016	28	5	4	22	6	4	N/A	N/A	12
2017	29	9	5	69	—	11	N/A	8	N/A
2018	30	7	6	43	01	—	N/A	7	N/A
2019	31	10	7	35	4	—	N/A	10	N/A
2020	32	14	10	69	14	12	15	N/A	N/A
2021	33	53	42	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2022	34	31	20	NC	N/A	16	N/A	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
1	2007–08	24 November 2007	Beitostølen, Norway	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
2		29 December 2007	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	1st
3		1 January 2008		10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	1st
4		4 January 2008	Asiago, Italy	1.2 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	1st
5		5 January 2008	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	2nd
6		28 December 2007 – 6 January 2008	Tour de Ski	Overall Standings	World Cup	1st
7		16 February 2008	Liberec, Czech Republic	7.6 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
8		8 March 2008	Oslo, Norway	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
9	2008–09	22 November 2008	Gällivare, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
10		8 March 2009	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
11		20 March 2009	Falun, Sweden	2.5 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	2nd
12		20–22 March 2009	World Cup Final	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
13	2009–10	21 November 2009	Beitostølen, Norway	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
14		12 December 2009	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
15		5 February 2010	Canmore, Canada	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
16		19 March 2010	Falun, Sweden	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	World Cup Final	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
19	2010–11	20 November 2010	Gällivare, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
20		26–28 November 2010	Nordic Opening	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
21		31 December 2010	Oberhof, Germany	2.8 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	2nd
22		3 January 2011	Oberstdorf, Germany	5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F	Stage World Cup	2nd
23		20 February 2011	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
24	2011–12	19 November 2011	Sjusjøen, Norway	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
25		25 November 2011	Rukatunturi, Finland	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	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	3rd
28		4 February 2012	Rybinsk, Russia	10 km Mass Start F	World Cup	2nd
29		16 March 2012	Falun, Sweden	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	World Cup Final	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
32	2012–13	29 December 2012	Oberhof, Germany	3 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	2nd
33		3 January 2013	Cortina, Italy	15 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	2nd
34		22 March 2013	Falun, Sweden	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	World Cup Final	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
37	2013–14	1 December 2013	Rukatunturi, Finland	10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	1st
38		29 November 2013 – 1 December 2013	Nordic Opening	Overall Standings	World Cup	2nd
39		7 December 2013	Lillehammer, Norway	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
40		14 December 2013	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
41		1 February 2014	Toblach, Italy	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
42		2 March 2014	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
43	2014–15	30 November 2014	Rukatunturi, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
44		15 February 2015	Östersund, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
45		8 March 2015	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
46	2015–16	28 November 2015	Rukatunturi, Finland	5 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	2nd
47		5 December 2015	Lillehammer, Norway	7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	2nd
48	2016–17	7 January 2017	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	3rd
49		21 January 2017	Ulricehamn, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
50		19 February 2017	Otepää, Estonia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
51	2017–18	25 November 2017	Rukatunturi, Finland	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	Nordic Opening	Overall Standings	World Cup	1st
54		3 December 2017	Lillehammer, Norway	7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	1st
55		16 December 2017	Toblach, Italy	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
56		21 January 2018	Planica, Slovenia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
57	2018–19	25 November 2018	Rukatunturi, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
58		1 December 2018	Lillehammer, Norway	10 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	3rd
59		8 December 2018	Beitostølen, Norway	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

• 3 victories – (2 RL, 1 TS)
• 15 podiums – (14 RL, 1 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2006–07	17 December 2006	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	L. Andersson / Lindborg / Norgren
2		4 February 2007	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	L. Andersson / Strömstedt / Norgren
3		25 March 2007	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Dahlberg / Rydqvist / Norgren
4	2007–08	28 October 2007	Düsseldorf, Germany	6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Norgren
5	2008–09	23 November 2008	Gällivare, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Hansson / Norgren / Haag
6		7 December 2008	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	L. Andersson / Lindborg / Haag
7	2009–10	22 November 2009	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Olsson / Lindborg / Haag
8	2010–11	21 November 2010	Gällivare, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Norgren / Haag / Rydqvist
9		12 December 2010	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Lindborg / Haag / Rydqvist
10	2012–13	25 November 2012	Gällivare, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Ingemarsdotter / Bleckur / Larsen
11	2016–17	22 January 2017	Ulricehamn, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Ingemarsdotter / Henriksson / Falk
12	2018–19	27 January 2019	Ulricehamn, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Settlin / E. Andersson / Sundling
13	2019–20	8 December 2019	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Ribom / Rönnlund / Lundgren
14		1 March 2020	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Karlsson / Öhrn / Dahlqvist
15	2020–21	24 January 2021	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Ribom / Modig / E. Andersson

See also

In Spanish: Charlotte Kalla para niños