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Maria Pietilä Holmner

Maria Pietilä-Holmner
— Alpine skier —
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Maria Pietilä-Holmner in April 2014
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
Club Uhsk Umeå SK
Born (1986-07-25) 25 July 1986 (age 30)
Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut 26 October 2002 (age 16)
Website mariapietilaholmner
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 6 – (20052017)
Medals 2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 13 – (20052017)
Wins 3 – (2 SL, 1 PSL)
Podiums 10 – (1 GS, 7 SL, 2 PSL)
Overall titles 0 – (7th in 2014)
Discipline titles 0 – (3rd in GS, 2014)

Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2002. Her first World Cup win came at a slalom in Aspen in November 2010. Through December 2013, she has two World Cup victories and five podiums.

Pietilä-Holmner has four medals in the World Championships, two as an individual and two in the team events. She was the silver medalist in giant slalom in 2007 at Åre, Sweden. Four years later in 2011, she won 2 bronze medals at Garmish-Partenkirchen in the slalom and the team event. At Schladming in 2013, she won a silver in the team event.


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