Sandra Näslund

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Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund 2016.jpg
Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in , Sweden
CountrySwedish
Born (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 25)
Kramfors, Sweden
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup career
Individual wins17
Indiv. podiums42
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Ski cross
Gold medal – first place 2021 Idre Ski cross

Sandra Näslund (born 6 July 1996) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing.[1][2] She is the 2017 and 2021 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2017–18 ski cross World Cup, and the overall winner of the 2017–18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.

Career[]

Näslund competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Sweden. She finished 10th in the seeding run for the ski cross event. In the first round, she won in her heat, advancing. In the quarterfinals, she finished second, again advancing. She failed to finish her semi-final, ending up in the B final, which she won, to secure 5th place.[3][4]

Näslund made her Freestyle World Cup debut in March 2012. As of 2016–17 season, she has three World Cup podium wins. Her best Freestyle World Cup overall finish in ski cross is second, in 2016–17.[1]

She became Sweden's first world champion in ski cross when she won the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada.[5]

During the 2017–2018 season, she won both the skicross and the freestyle skiing world cups for women.[6]

World Cup results[]

Season titles[]

3 titles (1 overall, 2 ski cross)

Season
Discipline
2017–18 Overall
Ski cross
2019–20 Ski cross

Season standings[]

Season
Age Overall Ski cross Cross
Alps Tour
2011–12 15 169 44 N/A
2012–13 16 122 26 N/A
2013–14 17 22 5 N/A
2014–15 18 89 21 N/A
2015–16 19 14 4 N/A
2016–17 20 7 2 5
2017–18 21 1 1 1
2018–19 22 4 2 1
2019–20 23 2 1 1

Ski cross race victories[]

  • 17 wins
  • 42 podiums
Season
Date Location
2016–2017
2 victories 		14 January 2017 Italy Watles, Italy
11 February 2017 Sweden Idre, Sweden
2017–2018
7 victories 		7 December 2017 France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2017 Switzerland Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
22 December 2017 Italy Innichen, Italy
13 January 2018 Sweden Idre, Sweden
14 January 2018 Sweden Idre, Sweden
20 January 2018 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
4 March 2018 Russia Sunny Valley, Russia
2018–2019
3 victories 		22 December 2018 Italy Innichen, Italy
16 February 2019 Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
17 February 2019 Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019–2020
3 victories 		6 December 2019 France Val Thorens, France
18 January 2020 Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
26 January 2020 Sweden Idre, Sweden
2020–2021
2 victories 		19 February 2021 Austria Reiteralm, Austria
21 March 2021 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland

World Championship results[]

Year
Age Ski cross
2013 16 14
2015 18 injured: did
not compete
2017 20 1
2019 22 9
2021 24 1

Olympic results[]

Year
Age Ski cross
2014 17 5
2018 21 4

References[]

  1. ^ a b FIS Profile – Freestyle
  2. ^ FIS Profile – Alpine
  3. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  5. ^ Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links[]

Media related to Sandra Näslund at Wikimedia Commons

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