Stina Hofgård Nilsen

Stina Hofgård Nilsen
nation	Norway
birthday	24th September 1979 (age 40)
place of birth	Bergen , Norway
Career
discipline	Giant slalom
status	resigned
End of career	2004
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut January 28, 1998  Individual world cup victories 1  Overall World Cup 27. (2001/02)  Giant Slalom World Cup 5. (2001/02)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Giant slalom 1 1 1

Stina Hofgård Nilsen (born September 24, 1979 in Bergen ) is a former Norwegian ski racer .

Career

Stina Hofgård Nilsen specialized in giant slalom . In the European Cup she achieved one victory and five second places. Her first race in the World Cup was the giant slalom in Åre on January 28, 1998 . Nilsen achieved her first World Cup points in January 2000 with 27th place in the giant slalom in Berchtesgaden . She was able to place nine times in the top 10 and three times on the podium in the top 3. Her only World Cup victory was on January 27, 2002 at the giant slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo .

Stina Hofgård Nilsen took part in the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton , the 2002 Olympic Games in Park City and the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz , but was always eliminated in the first round of the giant slalom.

In March 2004 she ended her career in ski racing.

Sporting successes

World Cup victories

date	place	country	discipline
January 27, 2002	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Giant slalom

European Cup victories

date	place	country	discipline
March 14, 2000	Ischgl	Austria	Giant slalom

Norwegian championships

• 2002: 2nd giant slalom
• 2003: 2nd giant slalom

More Achievements

• 14 victories in FIS races (12 giant slalom, 1 super-G, 1 slalom)

Web links

• Stina Hofgård Nilsen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Stina Hofgård Nilsen in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Stina Hofgård Nilsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )