Frida Hansdotter facts for kids
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Frida Hansdotter 2019
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| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Norbergs SLK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1985 Västerås, Sweden |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2010, 2014, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 7 – (2007–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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, and she is a second cousin of Prince Daniel.
On 6 March 2019, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season. In February 2022 she was elected to serve eight-year terms as a member of both the International Olympic Committee and the IOC Athletes' Commission.
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Career
Born in Västerås, Hansdotter represented Sweden at three Winter Olympics, 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. She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014 and 2015, and won the title in 2016.
Hansdotter has won three medals in the slalom at the World Championships: silver in 2015 and bronze in 2013 and 2017.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won the women's slalom.
World Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title – (1 slalom)
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2016 | Slalom |
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 |  Ofterschwang, Germany |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 2012 | 11 February 2012 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 2013 | 20 December 2012 |  Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 4 January 2013 |  Zagreb, Croatia |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 15 January 2013 |  Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 27 January 2013 |  Maribor, Slovenia |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 17 December 2013 |  Courchevel, France |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 14 January 2014 | Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2 February 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 March 2014 |  Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 15 November 2014 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 30 November 2014 |  Aspen, USA |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 13 December 2014 | Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 13 January 2015 | Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 21 March 2015 | Méribel, France |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2016 | 28 November 2015 | Aspen, USA |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 29 November 2015 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 13 December 2015 | Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 29 December 2015 | Lienz, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 12 January 2016 | Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 15 January 2016 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 23 February 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden |
Parallel slalom | 2nd | |
| 19 March 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2017 | 8 January 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 10 January 2017 | Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 18 March 2017 | Aspen, USA |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 28 December 2017 | Lienz, Austria |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 3 January 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 7 January 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 9 January 2018 | Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 January 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 March 2018 | Ofterschwang, Germany |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 March 2018 | Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2019 | 25 November 2018 | Killington, USA |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 22 December 2018 | Courchevel, France |
Slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
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| 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 | — | — | — |
See also
In Spanish: Frida Hansdotter para niños
