Charlotte Kalla

Charlotte Kalla
Charlotte Kalla (2019)
Full name	Marina Charlotte Kalla
nation	Sweden
birthday	22nd July 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Tärendö , Sweden
size	162 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
society	IFK Tärendö Piteå Elit
Trainer	Rikard Grip, Magnus Ingesson
National squad	since 2004
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 6 × 0 × World Cup medals 3 × 6 × 4 × JWM medals 3 × 1 × 1 × National medals 24 × 9 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 2010 Vancouver 10 km freestyle silver 2010 Vancouver Team sprint silver 2014 Sochi Skiathlon silver 2014 Sochi 10 km classic gold 2014 Sochi Season gold 2018 Pyeongchang Skiathlon silver 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km freestyle silver 2018 Pyeongchang Season silver 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 2009 Liberec Season gold 2011 Oslo Team sprint silver 2011 Oslo Season silver 2013 Val di Fiemme Team sprint silver 2013 Val di Fiemme Season gold 2015 Falun 10 km freestyle silver 2015 Falun Season bronze 2015 Falun Skiathlon bronze 2015 Falun 30 km classic silver 2017 Lahti 10 km classic silver 2017 Lahti Season bronze 2017 Lahti Skiathlon gold 2019 Seefeld Season  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships bronze 2006 Kranj 5 km classic gold 2006 Kranj Skiathlon silver 2007 Tarvisio sprint gold 2007 Tarvisio 5 km freestyle gold 2007 Tarvisio Skiathlon  Swedish championships gold 2009 Sundsvall Skiathlon gold 2009 Sundsvall 10 km freestyle gold 2010 Piteå 10 km freestyle silver 2010 Piteå Skiathlon silver 2010 Piteå sprint gold 2011 Sundsvall Skiathlon silver 2011 Sundsvall 10 km classic silver 2011 Sundsvall sprint gold 2012 Östersund Skiathlon gold 2012 Östersund 10 km freestyle silver 2012 Östersund sprint silver 2012 Torsby / Långberget 30 km classic gold 2013 Falun 10 km freestyle gold 2013 floor 30 km freestyle gold 2014 Umeå Skiathlon gold 2014 Umeå 10 km classic gold 2014 Åsarna 30 km classic gold 2015 Örebro Skiathlon gold 2015 Örebro 10 km freestyle gold 2015 Kalix 30 km freestyle gold 2015 Kalix Team sprint gold 2016 Piteå 10 km classic gold 2016 Piteå Skiathlon gold 2016 Gällivare 30 km classic silver 2016 Gällivare Team sprint gold 2017 Söderhamn 10 km classic gold 2017 Söderhamn Skiathlon gold 2017 Umeå 30 km freestyle gold 2018 Skellefteå 10 km freestyle gold 2018 Skellefteå 15 km freestyle gold 2018 Skellefteå 30 km classic silver 2019 Sundsvall 10 km classic silver 2019 Gällivare 30 km freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 15, 2006  World Cup victories in individual 7 ( details )  World Cup victories in the team 3 ( details )  World Cup victories in stages 5 ( details )  Overall World Cup 04. ( 2007/08 , 2011/12 )  Sprint World Cup 12. ( 2010/11 )  Distance World Cup 04. ( 2009/10 , 2011/12 , 2013/14 , 2014/15 , 2015/16 )  Tour de Ski 01. ( 2007/08 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 0 0 1  Distance races 7th 14th 13  Stage race 5 12 7th  Season 2 5 6th  Team sprint 1 0 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup January 14, 2006  Continental Cup victories 8 ( details )  SCAN overall rating 6. ( 2016/17 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  SCAN individual race 8th 1 1
last change: March 1st, 2020

Marina Charlotte Kalla (born July 22, 1987 in Tärendö , Pajala municipality ) is a Swedish cross-country skier . She achieved her greatest successes with the Olympic victory over 10 km at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the Olympic victory in skiathlon at the Olympic Winter Games 2018 and the world title over 10 km in Falun 2015 .

Career

First successes as a junior

Charlotte Kalla, who lives in Östersund and competes for IFK Tärendö , made her international debut in November 2004 at the FIS race in Gällivare . In the 5 kilometer race in Gällivare, she immediately came second behind Lina Andersson . A week later she finished fourth on the same route in the same place. In general, she still competed in junior races at that time. In 2005 she became Swedish junior champion over 10 kilometers and second place over 5 kilometers and in the sprint. Towards the end of the season, she won her first FIS race over the 5-kilometer route in Kiruna . She dominated the junior races almost at will, rarely placing worse than second place. At the Junior World Championships in Kranj in 2006 , she won gold in the pursuit race, bronze over 5 kilometers and just barely missed a third medal in fourth in the sprint. Then she won again a national junior title over 5 kilometers and bronze in the sprint race in Kalix . Towards the end of the season Kalla was used in the sprint race of Changchun for the first time in the World Cup, where she was 14th.

First successes in the World Cup

At the beginning of the 2006/07 season , she finished seventh in the 10-kilometer race of Gällivare, her first top ten finish in the World Cup. in this competition it was now used increasingly. With the relay she finished second in La Clusaz in December and won a World Cup race in Davos for the first time in February . At the subsequent Nordic World Ski Championships in 2007 , she achieved remarkable results with a fifth place in the 10-kilometer race and a seventh place in the pursuit. At the following Junior World Championships, Kalla won gold over 5 kilometers as well as in the pursuit and silver behind Astrid Jacobsen in the sprint.

At the start of the 2007/08 season , Kalla won the team sprint in Düsseldorf with Britta Johansson Norgren . At the turn of the year she also won the Tour de Ski , which was the highlight of the season. She was also able to celebrate three stage wins. After the Tour de Ski, however, Kalla only achieved three individual placements among the top ten in the World Cup. The start of the 2008/09 season in Gällivare was successful again for Kalla when she won the first race of the season over 10 kilometers from Marit Bjørgen . A day later, she was also on the podium again with the relay as third. Also in December she was successful in La Clusaz as second with the season. At the Swedish Championships in 2009 she won the title in the pursuit over 15 km and over 10 km in the individual. She finished fourth in the sprint. At the World Cup in Valdidentro , she narrowly missed the podium again in fourth.

In Liberec at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2009 , Kalla won the bronze medal after finishing eighth in the pursuit and sixth in the sprint with the relay. In the mass start over 30 km, she finished 18th. At the end of the season, Kalla narrowly missed victory in Lahti and came in second. She finished third in the season finale in Falun . In the overall World Cup, Kalla finished 12th. After the end of the season, she won a total of three FIS races in Åsarna and Piteå . At the beginning of the 2009/10 season , Kalla was second in Beitostølen and won the World Cup with the relay on the same route a day later. She was second again in Davos before she defended her title at the 2010 Swedish Championships in Piteå over 10 km and won silver in the sprint and pursuit.

First Olympic victory

After she was able to win another World Cup in Canmore, Kalla won the gold medal in the 10 km freestyle at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and was able to win silver in the team sprint together with Anna Haag . With the season she clearly missed a medal as fifth. Also in the skiathlon and over 30 km she missed a top position, but was able to place within the top 10. At the season finale in Falun, like last year, she was third again.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season she was twice on the podium again in Gällivare, finishing second. in December 2010 she won the FIS races in the sprint and over 10 km in Skellefteå . The Tour de Ski 2010/11 ended Kalla in fifth. At the Swedish Championships 2011 in Sundsvall Kalla won the title in the pursuit. A short time later she started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 . After an eighth place in the sprint, fourth in the pursuit and 11th place over 10 km in classic style, she won the gold medal in the team sprint. Just one day later, Kalla won silver with the team in the relay race. She finished the world championship in fourth place over 30 km. In the overall World Cup ranking, Kalla was fifth overall after finishing sixth in Falun.

After she won silver in the 10 km mountain run and gold in the 24 km mass start race at the Rollerski World Championships 2011 in Aure in summer 2011 , Kalla also successfully started the 2011/12 season with a second place in Sjusjøen. In Kuusamo she was fourth overall. In Davos and Rogla, she missed good placements and only ended up in midfield. She finished the 2011/12 Tour de Ski in seventh place. In Otepää , she narrowly missed a podium finish and came in fourth. At the Swedish Championships in 2012 she won the gold medal in the skiathlon and in the individual over 10 km and silver in the sprint. In Rybinsk , Kalla was again on the podium in second place. After finishing third in Falun at the end of the season, she finished her most successful season to date in fourth place in the overall World Cup standings.

Performance slump in 2012

After the successful 2011/12 season, Kalla moved to the Piteå Elit club for the 2012/13 season and henceforth had to struggle with a drop in performance. She rarely ended up in the top places. She finished seventh in the 2012/2013 Tour de Ski . At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she won the silver medal in the team sprint together with Ida Ingemarsdotter . In the season, too, Kalla won precious metal with the team. In the individual disciplines, however, she was far behind the medals.

After Kalla did not find her way back to the top of the world even after the world championship, she was eighth overall at the end of the season. At the Swedish Championships 2013 in Boden in April, she won the 30 km title.

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season she came second at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo . This season there were further podium finishes with two third places in Davos over 15 km freestyle and in Toblach over 10 km classic. In Lillehammer and Lahti , she took second place in classic over 10 km. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won the silver medal in the skiathlon behind Bjørgen and the gold medal in the 4x5km relay in the opening competition. She also took silver in the skiathlon. At the World Cup final she came in fifth and finished the season in seventh place in the overall World Cup and fourth place in the Distance World Cup. In March 2014 she was again Swedish champion over 30 km. In the same month she won Årefjällsloppet .

In the 2014/15 season she came fifth at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer . In February 2015 she won the 10 km freestyle in Östersund . At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015 in Falun , she won bronze in the skiathlon and in the 30 km mass start race. She took silver with the relay and gold in the 10 km freestyle. In March 2015, she took third place over 10 km at the World Cup race in Lahti and ended the season in seventh place in the overall World Cup and fourth place in the Distance World Cup, as in the previous year. In 2015 she became Swedish champion in skiathlon, over 10 km, over 30 km and together with Jennie Öberg in the team sprint. After finishing sixth at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, she took third place in the skiathlon in Lillehammer. At the Tour de Ski 2016 she finished in the top ten four times and thus achieved fourth place in the overall standings. At the end of January 2016, she became Swedish champion over 10 km and in the skiathlon. At the end of the season she came in 12th place in the Ski Tour Canada and finished fifth in the overall World Cup and fourth in the Distance World Cup. At the beginning of April 2016 she won the Swedish championships in Gällivare over 30 km classic and silver together with Jennie Öberg in the team sprint. After 75th place over 10 km classic in Ruka at the first World Cup in the 2016/17 season, she won the Scandinavian Cup in Lillehammer in the 15 km mass start race and over 5 km freestyle. At the Tour de Ski 2016/17 she took three top ten placements, including third place in the 10 km mass start race in Fiemme Valley , 11th place overall. In Ulricehamn , she achieved third place in the relay and over 10 km freestyle. At the beginning of February 2017 she became Swedish champion in skiathlon and over 10 km classic. At the following World Cup in Otepää , she finished second over 10 km classic. At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, she won the bronze medal in the skiathlon and the silver medal with the relay and over 10 km classic. She also finished seventh in the 30 km mass start race. At the end of the season she came in eighth place in the World Cup finals in Québec and reached ninth place in the overall World Cup and fifth place in the Distance World Cup. At the end of March 2017 she won the Swedish championships in Umeå in the 30 km race.

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Kalla won two FIS races in Gällivare and triumphed in 12th, third and two in the Ruka Triple. This was followed by further victories in the skiathlon in Lillehammer and over 10 km freestyle in Toblach . In January 2018 she won third place in the sprint at the Scandinavian Cup in Piteå , second place in the 20 km mass start race and first place over 10 km freestyle and ran at the following World Cup in Planica to second place over 10 km classic. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won over 10 km freestyle, with the relay and together with Stina Nilsson the silver medal and in the skiathlon the gold medal. At the World Cup finals in Falun she finished seventh and finally reached seventh place in the overall World Cup and sixth place in the Distance World Cup. In March 2018 she was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal and in Skellefteå she was Swedish champion over 10 km, 15 km and 30 km. After finishing second over 10 km classic in Ruka at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, she achieved three top ten finishes in the Lillehammer Triple, including third place over 10 km freestyle, fourth place and second place over 15 km in Beitostølen Freestyle. At the end of January 2019, she finished second in the relay at the World Cup in Ulricehamn and at the Swedish Championships in Sundsvall over 10 km. At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tyrol , she won the gold medal with the relay. In the individual races she came in ninth place over 10 km classic, sixth place in the skiathlon and fifth place in the 30 km mass start race. At the World Cup finals in Québec , she finished tenth and finally reached 11th place in the overall World Cup and seventh place in the Distance World Cup.

In the 2019/20 season, Kalla finished 14th in the overall World Cup and tenth in the Distance World Cup. She finished 14th in the Ruka Triple, 12th in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 and 15th in the ski tour. In addition, she was third with the relay in Lillehammer and Lahti.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	competition
1.	January 6, 2008	Tour de Ski	Overall rating
2.	November 22, 2008	Gällivare	10 km freestyle individual start
3.	February 5, 2010	Canmore	10 km freestyle individual start
4th	February 15, 2015	Ostersund	10 km freestyle individual start
5.	November 26, 2017	Ruka	Overall ranking Ruka Triple
6th	3rd December 2017	Lillehammer	15 km skiathlon
7th	December 16, 2017	Toblach	10 km freestyle individual start

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	competition	run
1.	December 29, 2007	Nové Město na Moravě	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2007/08
2.	January 1, 2008	Nové Město na Moravě	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2007/08
3.	January 4, 2008	Asiago	1.2 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2007/08
4th	March 21, 2010	Falun	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	World Cup Final 2010
5.	December 1st, 2013	Kuusamo	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Nordic Opening 2013

¹ Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	competition
1.	February 4, 2007	Davos	4 × 5 km relay 2
2.	October 28, 2007	Dusseldorf	6 × 0.8 km team sprint 3
3.	November 22, 2009	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay 4

²With Lina Andersson , Anna-Karin Strömstedt and Britta Norgren .

³ With Britta Norgren.

^4thWith Anna Olsson , Sara Lindborg and Anna Haag .

Victories in ski classics races

No.	date	place	run	discipline
1.	March 29, 2014	Vålådalen - Åre	Årefjällsloppet	61 km classic mass start

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	January 15, 2006	Skellefteå	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup
2.	4th January 2014	Skellefteå	Sprint freestyle	Scandinavian Cup
3.	5th January 2014	Piteå	10 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup
4th	January 6, 2014	Piteå	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup
5.	January 9, 2015	Falun	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup
6th	December 10, 2016	Lillehammer	5 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup
7th	December 11, 2016	Lillehammer	15 km classic mass start	Scandinavian Cup
8th.	January 6, 2018	Piteå	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2010 Vancouver : 1st place 10 km freestyle, 2nd place team sprint freestyle, 5th place relay, 6th place 30 km classic mass start, 8th place 15 km pursuit
• 2014 Sochi : 1st place relay, 2nd place 10 km classic, 2nd place 15 km skiathlon, 34th place 30 km freestyle mass start
• 2018 Pyeongchang : 1st place 15 km skiathlon, 2nd place 10 km freestyle, 2nd place team sprint freestyle, 2nd place relay, 5th place 30 km classic mass start

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2007 Sapporo : 4th place relay, 5th place 10 km freestyle, 7th place 15 km pursuit
• 2009 Liberec : 3rd place relay, 6th place sprint freestyle, 8th place 15 km pursuit, 18th place 30 km freestyle mass start
• 2011 Oslo : 1st place team sprint classic, 2nd place relay, 4th place 15 km pursuit, 4th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 8th place sprint freestyle, 11th place 10 km classic
• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 2nd place team sprint freestyle, 2nd place relay, 6th place 15 km skiathlon, 7th place 10 km freestyle, 11th place sprint classic, 11th place 30 km classic mass start
• 2015 Falun : 1st place 10 km freestyle, 2nd place relay, 3rd place 30 km classic mass start, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon
• 2017 Lahti : 2nd place 10 km classic, 2nd place relay, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 7th place 30 km freestyle mass start
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 1st place relay, 5th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 6th place 15 km skiathlon, 9th place 10 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	team
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place		4th				5	1	2	12	1	2
2nd place	6th	13	1	1		3	1	1	26th		5
3rd place	2	9	1			3	1	5	21st		6th
Top 10	18th	53	7th	11		41	22nd	21st	173	3	23
Scoring	20th	77	12	12	1	58	56	26th	262	4th	23
Starts	21st	78	12	12	1	59	67	26th	276	4th	23
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2005/06	18th	78.	-	-	18th	48.
2006/07	104	37.	79	28.	25th	39.
2007/08	1048	4th	487	7th	161	18th
2008/09	663	12.	409	12.	134	17th
2009/10	654	8th.	493	4th	41	52.
2010/11	1110	5.	503	6th	217	12.
2011/12	1376	4th	804	4th	208	15th
2012/13	845	8th.	456	7th	125	20th
2013/14	783	7th	473	4th	60	38.
2014/15	620	7th	426	4th	104	21st
2015/16	1217	5.	730	4th	119	22nd
2016/17	660	9.	491	5.	9	69.
2017/18	934	7th	620	6th	42	43.
2018/19	656	11.	454	7th	50	35.
2019/20	658	14th	477	10.	9	69.

Awards

For its services, it was with that of Sveriges Radio awarded radiosportens jerringpris excellent.

Web links

Commons : Charlotte Kalla  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Charlotte Kalla in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Charlotte Kalla in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Charlotte Kalla in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result RWM 10 km mountain run
2. ↑ Result RWM 2011 24 km freestyle mass start
3. ↑ Kalla klar för Piteå Elit ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Piteå-Tidningen, May 7, 2012, accessed on August 10, 2013
4. ^ Result Årefjällsloppet 2014
5. ↑ Holmenkollmedaljen 2018 on skiforeningen.no (Norwegian), accessed on November 11, 2018