Kajsa Kling
Kajsa Kling 
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 Kajsa Kling in January 2009 |
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 Sweden
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| birthday | 25th December 1988 (age 31) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Are , Sweden | ||||||||||||
| size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg | ||||||||||||
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| discipline |
Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination |
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| society | Are SLK | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | August 6, 2018 | ||||||||||||
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Kajsa Kling (born December 25, 1988 in Åre ) is a former Swedish ski racer . It started mainly in the downhill and super-G disciplines . In the World Cup she achieved two podium places.
biography
Kling competed in her first FIS race in December 2003. In December 2005, she started in the European Cup . Her best result was a 14th place in the downhill from Crans-Montana on March 11, 2009, before she finished on the podium for the first time on January 25, 2010 as second in the giant slalom of Crans-Montana. In the World Cup , she competed in her first race in January 2007. In February, the Swede took part in the 2007 World Cup in her home town of Åre in the Super-G and in the Downhill, but did not finish in any race. On December 2, 2007, she won World Cup points for the first time in the Super-G of Lake Louise with 28th place.
In the 2008/09 season she reached 18th in the super-combined of Tarvis on February 20, 2009, her first placement among the top 20. At the end of March 2009, she was Swedish champion in downhill, super-G, giant slalom and parallel slalom; a year earlier she had won the title in the super combined. Kling took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and was ranked 26th in the giant slalom. Shortly afterwards, on March 6, 2010, she achieved her first top 15 result in the World Cup with 14th place in the downhill from Crans-Montana. Three days later she won both European Cup downhill runs in Tarvisio and thus achieved third place in the downhill classification. In April 2010 she won two more Swedish championship titles in giant slalom and super-G.
In December 2010, Kling suffered severe ligament injuries in both knees in a fall in the giant slalom in Semmering , which is why she had to end the 2010/11 season early. Due to complications, she was unable to match her previous level of performance for a long time. In the 2011/12 season she was only three times in the top 30, and twice in the 2012/13 season. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, there was a noticeable increase in performance. After an 8th place on December 7th in the downhill from Lake Louise, she achieved the best result of her career so far with 7th place in the Super-G one day later. A week later she achieved a further improvement when she finished second in the Super-G in St. Moritz and thus achieved the first podium of her career.
In autumn 2017, Kling decided to take a break from racing due to depression. On August 6, 2018, she announced her resignation.
successes
Olympic games
- Vancouver 2010 : 26th giant slalom
- Sochi 2014 : 18th giant slalom, 23rd descent
World championships
- Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 8th Super-G, 18th descent
- St. Moritz 2017 : 17th descent, 24th giant slalom
World cup
- 31 placements among the top ten, including 2 podium places
World Cup ratings
| season | total | Departure | Super G | Giant slalom | combination | |||||
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| space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
| 2007/08 | 124. | 3 | - | - | 48. | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 2008/09 | 105. | 15th | - | - | 51. | 2 | - | - | 34. | 13 |
| 2009/10 | 89. | 44 | 42. | 24 | 48. | 8th | 41. | 12 | - | - |
| 2010/11 | 86. | 49 | 43. | 12 | 34. | 22nd | 39. | 15th | - | - |
| 2011/12 | 90. | 26th | 52. | 1 | 35. | 25th | - | - | - | - |
| 2012/13 | 102. | 14th | - | - | - | - | 44. | 10 | 39. | 4th |
| 2013/14 | 15th | 427 | 12. | 164 | 8th. | 176 | 20th | 87 | - | - |
| 2014/15 | 27. | 280 | 15th | 152 | 15th | 112 | 37. | 16 | - | - |
| 2015/16 | 17th | 540 | 11. | 218 | 10. | 215 | 28. | 63 | 20th | 44 |
| 2016/17 | 22nd | 383 | 11. | 175 | 10. | 156 | 31. | 38 | 36. | 14th |
European Cup
- Season 2009/10 : 3rd downhill classification
- Season 2012/13 : 6th giant slalom ranking
- 6 podium places, including 2 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| March 9, 2010 | Tarvisio | Italy | Departure |
| March 9, 2010 | Tarvisio | Italy | Departure |
Junior World Championships
- Bardonecchia 2005 : 37th downhill, 39th Super-G, 50th giant slalom
- Québec 2006 : 12th giant slalom, 15th Super-G, 21st downhill
- Formigal 2008 : 29th Super-G, 32nd giant slalom
More Achievements
- 11 Swedish championship titles
- 2 × downhill (2009, 2014)
- 4 × Super-G (2009, 2010, 2014, 2016)
- 3 × giant slalom (2009, 2010, 2016)
- 2 × combination (2008, 2016)
- 1 × parallel slalom (2009)
- 18 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Kajsa Kling in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kajsa Kling in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Kajsa Kling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Säsongen över för Kajsa Kling. svt.se, December 28, 2010, accessed December 21, 2013 (Swedish).
- ↑ Swede Kling is taking time out. orf.at, November 7, 2017, accessed on November 7, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Swede Kajsa Kling ends her career. Skiweltcup.tv, August 6, 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kling, Kajsa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Are , Sweden |