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Frida Hansdotter in April 2016
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Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom |
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Club | Norbergs SLK |
Born |
Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden |
13 December 1985
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
World Cup debut | 23 October 2004 (age 18) |
Website | fridahansdotter.com |
Olympics | |
Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 6 – (2007–17) |
Medals | 3 (0 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 11 – (2007–17) |
Wins | 4 – (4 SL) |
Podiums | 26 – (25 SL, 1 PSL) |
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2016) |
Discipline titles | 1 – (SL, 2016) |
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Frida Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in the technical events and specializes in slalom. Her father, Hans Johansson, was also an alpine skier. She is second cousin of Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland.
Born in Västerås, Västmanland, Hansdotter represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics and at four World Championships. She gained her first World Cup victory at Kranjska Gora in 2014. Previously Hansdotter had eight runner-up finishes, the most in World Cup history without a victory. She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014. During the 2015-2016 season she won the FIS Slalom Skiing World Cup.
During the 2017 World Championships in Saint Moritz, she earned a bronze medal.