Anna Olsson (cross-country skier)

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Anna Olsson Cross-country skiing
Lina Andersson (left) and Anna Olsson at the 2006 Olympics

Lina Andersson (left) and Anna Olsson at the 2006 Olympics

Full name Anna Viktoria Olsson, b. Dahlberg
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 1st May 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Kramfors , Sweden
Career
society Åsarna IK
status resigned
End of career 2010
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2006 Turin Team sprint
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 2009 Liberec Team sprint
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 18, 1997
 World Cup victories in individual 1 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 11th ( 2004/05 )
 Sprint World Cup 3. ( 2003/04 , 2004/05 )
 Distance World Cup 32nd ( 2003/04 , 2008/09 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 1 4th 7th
 Season 1 0 2
 Team sprint 0 1 1
 

Anna Viktoria Olsson , b. Dahlberg (born May 1, 1976 in Gudmundrå in the municipality of Kramfors ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier .

Career

From 1997 to 2010 Olsson started them in the World Cup . At the 2002 Winter Olympics , she competed in five competitions, but did not get past 33rd place in the sprint in the individual disciplines, and came twelfth in the relay. Four years later in Turin she became Olympic champion in the team sprint together with Lina Andersson and just missed a second medal win with the relay in fourth. She was also able to achieve a good result in the sprint as tenth. Together with Andersson, she also won the silver medal in the team sprint at the 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships .

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. February 4, 2006 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 1 km sprint classic

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. March 17, 2010 SwedenSweden Stockholm 1.1 km sprint classic World Cup Final 2010

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. November 22, 2009 NorwayNorway Beitostølen 4 × 5 km relay 1

Private

She is married to Johan Olsson and lives in Östersund .

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