Matts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who raced in the giant slalom discipline.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 December 1988 Karlstad, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Valfjällets SLK | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 28 October 2007 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2 March 2020 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 – (2007, 2011–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 12 – (2008–15, 2017–2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 PG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 – (3 GS, 1 PG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (5th in GS, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom,[1] and 24th in the super-G.[2]
Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel giant slalom.[3] Olsson defeated Marcel Hirscher in the semi-final and Henrik Kristoffersen in the final. The victory was Sweden's first World Cup win in Parallel giant slalom.
On 14 March 2020, Olsson announced his retirement from the sport following the 2019–2020 season.[4]
World cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | 145 | — | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 0 points | |||||
| 2011 | 22 | 63 | — | 13 | — | — | 42 |
| 2012 | 23 | 65 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 79 | — | 26 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 47 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 73 | — | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 27 | injured | |||||
| 2017 | 28 | 34 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 27 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 29 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 31 | 79 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
edit| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 Jan 2017 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 4 Mar 2017 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 18 Dec 2017 |  Alta Badia, Italy |
Parallel-G | 1st |
| 2019 | 8 Dec 2018 |  Val d'Isere, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
World Championships results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | — | — | 28 | 36 | — |
| 2009 | 20 | |||||
| 2011 | 22 | — | 18 | 24 | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | — | 18 | 32 | — | — |
| 2015 | 26 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 28 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
Olympic results 
edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | — | 10 | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "World Cup Alta Badia (ITA)".
- ^ Daniel Grefve (14 March 2020). "Matts Olsson lägger av". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
External links
edit- Matts Olsson at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Matts Olsson World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Matts Olsson at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Matts Olsson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) – Matts Olsson
- Head.com – athletes – alpine skiing – Matts Olsson
