Anna Frithioff (born 4 December 1962) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 1999. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, and had her best individual finish of ninth in the 5 km event at those same championships.
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 Anna Frithioff in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Anna Katarina Elisabet Johansson Frithioff | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1962 Gränna, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Kvarnsvedens GoIF SK | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8 – (1992–1999) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (30th in 1992, 1994) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frithioff's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 13th in the 30 km event at Lillehammer in 1994. She also had two victories at FIS races in Sweden at 5 km (1995, 1998).
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
edit| Year | Age | 5 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 31 | 17 | — | 37 | 13 | 6 |
World Championships
edit- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 30 | 24 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 1995 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 29 | — | Bronze |
| 1997 | 34 | 13 | — | 39 | 19 | 9 |
| 1999 | 36 | 24 | — | 54 | DNF | 8 |
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Long Distance | Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 30 | 30 | — | — |
| 1993 | 31 | 58 | — | — |
| 1994 | 32 | 30 | — | — |
| 1995 | 33 | 32 | — | — |
| 1996 | 34 | 42 | — | — |
| 1997 | 35 | 45 | NC | — |
| 1998 | 36 | 59 | NC | 52 |
| 1999 | 37 | 54 | NC | 58 |
Team podiums
edit- 3 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993–94 | 13 March 1994 | Falun, Sweden |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Westin / Ordina / Frost |
| 2 | 1994–95 | 17 March 1995 |  Thunder Bay, Canada |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Westin / Ordina / Fanqvist |
| 3 | 26 March 1995 |  Sapporo, Japan |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Westin / Ordina / Fanqvist |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
edit- ^ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "FRITHIOFF Anna". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External links
edit- Anna Frithioff at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Anna Frithioff at Olympics.com
- Anna Frithioff at Olympedia
- Anna Frithioff at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
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