Stina Nilsson

Stina Nilsson
Full name	Tap Karin Stina Nilsson
nation	Sweden
birthday	24th June 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Malung , Sweden
size	174 cm
Weight	64 kg
Career
discipline	Cross-country skiing biathlon
society	IFK Mora SK
Trainer	Johannes Lukas , Jean-Marc Chabloz
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 2 × 2 × World Cup medals 2 × 5 × 0 × JWM medals 3 × 1 × 0 ×
Participants in cross-country skiing  winter Olympics bronze 2014 Sochi Team sprint gold 2018 Pyeongchang sprint silver 2018 Pyeongchang Season silver 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 30 km classic  Nordic World Ski Championships silver 2015 Falun sprint silver 2015 Falun Team sprint silver 2015 Falun Season silver 2017 Lahti Season gold 2019 Seefeld Team sprint gold 2019 Seefeld Season silver 2019 Seefeld sprint  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 2012 Erzurum sprint silver 2012 Erzurum Season gold 2013 Liberec sprint gold 2013 Liberec Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup Debut in the World Cup March 7, 2012 World Cup victories in individual 12 ( details ) World Cup victories in the team 3 ( details ) World Cup victories in stages 1 ( details ) Overall World Cup 4. ( 2016/17 ) Sprint World Cup 1. ( 2018/19 ) Distance World Cup 8. (2016/17) U23 World Cup 1. ( 2014/15 , 2015/16 ) Tour de Ski 3. ( 2016/17 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint race 11 5 4th  Distance races 1 1 2  Stage race 11 5 4th  Season 0 0 1  Team sprint 3 3 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC) Debut in the Continental Cup January 14, 2012 Continental Cup victories 3 ( details ) SCAN overall rating 10th ( 2011/12 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  SCAN individual race 3 2 1
last change: May 21, 2020

Stina Nilsson (born June 24, 1993 in Malung ) is a Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete .

Career

Cross-country skiing

Nilsson participated in junior competitions until 2012. At the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2011 , she won the sprint competition. At the Swedish Junior Championships in 2010 and 2011, she won gold in the sprint. In the 2011/12 season she took part in the Scandinavian Cup , where she won two sprint competitions. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2012 in Erzurum , she won gold in the sprint and silver in the relay. She had her first World Cup race in Drammen in March 2012 . In the sprint competition, she took 23rd place and thus got her first World Cup points. In the first half of the 2012/13 season she took part in the Scandinavian Cup. After good results, she was allowed to take part in the World Cup again in Liberec in 2013 . She took second place in the team sprint together with Ida Ingemarsdotter . At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2013 in Liberec, she won gold in the sprint and relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she reached fifth place in the sprint. She ended the 2013/14 season with 12th place in the Sprint World Cup. In March 2014, she achieved her first podium in the World Cup with third place in the sprint. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won bronze in the team sprint together with Ida Ingemarsdotter. In the sprint competition she reached 10th place.

At the beginning of the 2014/15 season , Nilsson finished 21st at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer . At the World Cup sprint in Davos , she achieved second place. This was followed by further podium finishes in Otepää with second place in the sprint and a victory in the team sprint and a third place in the sprint in Östersund . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 2015 , she won silver in the sprint, in the team sprint together with Ida Ingemarsdotter and with the relay. She finished the season in 12th place in the overall World Cup, in fourth place in the sprint classification and in first place in the U23 classification. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season she took second place at the Nordic Opening in Ruka . She came second in the sprint and the final stage. This was followed by a World Cup victory in the sprint in Davos and a third place in the sprint in Toblach . She finished the 2016 Tour de Ski in 24th place. Her best placings were two sixth places in sprints in Lenzerheide and Oberstdorf . At the following World Cup in Planica she won the sprint and together with Ida Ingemarsdotter in the team sprint. In February 2016 she came on the podium again with third place in the sprint in Stockholm . In the Ski Tour Canada , which she ended prematurely, she finished second in the sprint stage in Gatineau and won the sprint stage in Quebec . She finished the season in 11th place in the overall World Cup, in third place in the Sprint World Cup and, as in the previous year, in first place in the U23 classification.

At the first World Cup station of the 2016/17 season in Ruka , Nilsson took her fourth World Cup victory in the sprint. This was followed by fifth place in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer . At the World Cup in La Clusaz , she was third with the relay. She finished the Tour de Ski 2016/17 with four stage wins in third place. In January 2017, she won the Falun sprint . She also won the following sprint world cups in Otepää and Drammen . At the beginning of February 2017 she finished second in the skiathlon at the Swedish championships. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she won the silver medal with the relay. She also took 26th place in the skiathlon, 13th place over 10 km classic and 12th place in sprint. At the end of the season she came third in the overall standings at the World Cup finals in Québec . She won the sprint stage and came third in the final stage. She finished the season in sixth place in the Distance World Cup, fourth in the overall World Cup and second in the Sprint World Cup. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, she won the sprint stage at the Ruka Triple and finished seventh overall. This was followed by further victories in the sprint in Davos and in Planica and a second place in Dresden together with Hanna Falk in the team sprint. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won the bronze medal in the 30 km mass start race, the silver medal with the relay and together with Charlotte Kalla in the team sprint and the gold medal in the sprint. At the end of the season she was second in the sprint in Lahti and Drammen and reached 12th place in the overall World Cup and second place in the Sprint World Cup. At the end of March 2018 she became the Swedish sprint champion in Skellefteå .

After finishing second in the sprint at the Lillehammer Tour, which she finished in sixth place at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Nilsson won five individual sprint races and the team sprint in Dresden together with Maja Dahlqvist . At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol , she won the silver medal in the sprint and the gold medal in the team sprint together with Maja Dahlqvist and the relay. At the World Cup finals in Quebec, she won the classic overall standings with victories in the sprint and the mass start race over 10 km and finally achieved fifth place in the overall World Cup and first place in the Sprint World Cup. At the beginning of April 2019 she became Swedish champion in the team sprint together with Anna Dyvik .

In the summer of 2019, Nilsson broke his rib in preparation for the 2019/20 season and had to take a break for several weeks. Nevertheless, she reached the finals in every sprint at the beginning of the season and came second in both the individual and team sprints in Planica . She broke off the Tour de Ski after the first stage due to renewed pain in the rib area. Eventually a stress fracture was diagnosed and Nilsson decided to end her season in February 2020.

biathlon

At the end of March 2020, Stina Nilsson announced that she would switch to biathlon for the 2020/21 season. She was immediately accepted into the A team and trained with them in Östersund .

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 13, 2015	Davos	1 mile sprint freestyle
2.	January 16, 2016	Planica	1.2 km sprint freestyle
3.	November 26, 2016	Ruka	1.4 km sprint classic
4th	January 28, 2017	Falun	1.4 km sprint freestyle
5.	18th February 2017	Otepää	1.3 km sprint freestyle
6th	March 8, 2017	Drammen	1.2 km sprint classic
7th	December 9, 2017	Davos	1.5 km sprint freestyle
8th.	20th January 2018	Planica	1.4 km sprint classic
9.	15th December 2018	Davos	1.5 km sprint freestyle
10.	January 12, 2019	Dresden	1 mile sprint freestyle
11.	16th March 2019	Falun	1.4 km sprint freestyle
12.	March 24, 2019	Quebec	Overall ranking World Cup Final 2019

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	4th March 2016	Quebec	1.5 km sprint freestyle	Ski Tour Canada 2016
2.	December 31, 2016	Val Müstair	1.5 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2016/17
3.	January 3, 2017	Oberstdorf	10 km skiathlon	Tour de Ski 2016/17
4th	4th January 2017	Oberstdorf	10 km freestyle pursuit	Tour de Ski 2016/17
5.	January 7, 2017	Val di Fiemme	10 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2016/17
6th	17th March 2017	Quebec	1.5 km sprint freestyle	World Cup Final 2017
7th	November 24, 2017	Ruka	1.4 km sprint classic	Ruka Triple 2017
8th.	December 29, 2018	Toblach	1.3 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2018/19
9.	1st January 2019	Val Müstair	1.4 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2018/19
10.	March 22, 2019	Quebec	1 mile sprint freestyle	World Cup Final 2019
11.	23 March 2019	Quebec	10 km classic mass start	World Cup Final 2019

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	January 18, 2015	Otepää	6 × 1.2 km team sprint freestyle 1
2.	17th January 2016	Planica	6 × 1.2 km team sprint freestyle 1
3.	January 13, 2019	Dresden	6 × 1.6 km team sprint freestyle 2

¹With Ida Ingemarsdotter .

²With Maja Dahlqvist .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	January 14, 2012	Åsarna	Sprint freestyle	Scandinavian Cup
2.	January 21, 2012	Nes	Classic sprint	Scandinavian Cup
3.	5th January 2013	Ostersund	Classic sprint	Scandinavian Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2014 Sochi : 3rd place team sprint classic, 10th place sprint freestyle
• 2018 Pyeongchang : 1st place sprint classic, 2nd place 10 km freestyle, 2nd place team sprint freestyle, 2nd place relay, 3rd place 30 km classic mass start, 10th place 15 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 5th place in the classic sprint
• 2015 Falun : 2nd place sprint classic, 2nd place relay, 32nd place team sprint freestyle
• 2017 Lahti : 2nd place relay, 4th place team sprint classic, 12th place sprint freestyle, 13th place 10 km classic, 26th place 15 km skiathlon
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 1st place relay, 1st place team sprint classic, 2nd place sprint freestyle

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		2				2	18th	1	23	3
2nd place						1	8th	1	10	3
3rd place						1	5	2	8th		1
Top 10	2	6th	1			9	48	7th	73	7th	1
Scoring	7th	16	2			16	53	10	104	8th	1
Starts	9	20th	2	1		19th	57	11	119	8th	1
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
2011/12	8th	93.	-	-.	8th	63.
2012/13	51	67.	-	-	51	38.
2013/14	182	35.	10	72.	172	12.
2014/15	427	12.	62	41.	345	4th
2015/16	995	11.	205	23.	602	3.
2016/17	1434	4th	467	6th	520	2.
2017/18	650	12.	83	33.	495	2.
2018/19	1072	5.	166	20th	626	1.
2019/20	251	29	36	46.	167	16.

Web links

Commons : Stina Nilsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Stina Nilsson in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

• Stina Nilsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )