Hans Olsson
nation
Sweden Sweden
birthday
27th August 1984 (age 36)
place of birth
Mora , Sweden
Career
discipline
Downhill , Super-G , combination
society
IFK Mora Alpina
status
resigned
End of career
2015
Medal table
World championships
0 ×
1 ×
1 ×
Junior World Championship
1 ×
0 ×
0 ×
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut
March 6, 2004
Overall World Cup
37th ( 2008/09 )
Downhill World Cup
12. (2008/09)
Super G World Cup
30. ( 2010/11 )
Combination World Cup
8. ( 2006/07 )
Podium placements
1.
2.
3.
Departure
0
0
2
Hans Olsson (born August 27, 1984 in Mora ) is a former Swedish ski racer . He started mainly in the downhill , super-G and super-combined disciplines . His brother Jon Olsson is also a ski racer.
biography
Olsson's first participation in an FIS race was in January 2000. He initially focused on slalom and giant slalom , but then gradually switched to the faster disciplines from 2002 onwards. At the 2004 Junior World Championships in Maribor , he won the gold medal in Super-G, ahead of Canadians Manuel Osborne-Paradis and François Bourque . On March 6, 2004 he made his debut in the World Cup in Kvitfjell .
Olsson won his first World Cup points on December 11, 2005 when he was 13th in the Super Combined in Val-d'Isère . On November 29, 2008 he reached his first podium with third place in the downhill in Lake Louise ; it was also the first ever podium for a Swede in this discipline. At the 2009 World Cup final in Åre he was third again. In the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons he reached 12th and 13th place in the Downhill World Cup.
At the 2007 World Championships in Åre Olsson won the silver medal in the team competition and achieved 21st place in the Super-G and 23rd place in the downhill. At the 2009 World Cup in Val-d'Isère, his best result was 17th in the super combined. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he achieved twelfth place in the downhill at the same time as the Italian Werner Heel , but failed in the Super-G and the Super Combined. At the Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he achieved bronze with the Swedish team in the team competition.
On March 15, 2012, Olsson suffered a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg in the descent of the European Cup final in La Thuile . After the 2014/15 season , Olsson ended his career.
successes
Olympic games
World championships
World cup
2 podium places and 9 further placements among the top ten
World Cup ratings
season
total
Departure
Super G
combination
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Points
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Points
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Points
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Points
2005/06
97.
34
-
-
-
-
21st
34
2006/07
53.
138
45.
19th
38.
13
8th.
106
2007/08
71.
98
32.
52
-
-
23.
46
2008/09
37.
216
12.
210
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-
44.
6th
2009/10
47.
172
13.
156
-
-
34.
16
2010/11
59.
140
31.
56
30th
40
19th
44
2011/12
68.
101
38.
32
29
57
34.
12
2012/13
No results due to injury
2013/14
91.
43
42.
21st
39.
16
35.
6th
2014/15
124.
15th
56.
5
58.
1
31.
9
European Cup
Season 2006/07 : 2. Combination results
Season 2010/11 : 10th overall, third super-G standings, sixth downhill rating
10 podium places, including 6 wins:
Junior World Championships
More Achievements
16 Swedish championship titles :
8 × departure: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
4 × Super-G: 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014
3 × combination: 2005, 2008, 2011
1 × parallel slalom: 2008
14 victories in FIS races
Web links
Individual evidence
^ Hans Olsson crashes in Italy. fisalpine.com, March 15, 2012, accessed on May 2, 2012 (English).
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