Ebba_Andersson_(cross-country_skier)

Ebba Andersson (cross-country skier)

Ebba Andersson (cross-country skier)

Swedish cross-country skier

Ebba Kristina Andersson (born 10 July 1997) is a Swedish cross-country skier who represents the club Piteå Elit.[1] She has by 2023 three World Championships gold medals. On 22 January 2024, she was awarded the Jerring Award for her 2023 performances.[2][3]

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Personal life

Andersson was born in Delsbo on 10 July 1997.[4]

Cross-Country skiing

Andersson first international championship at a senior level was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.[citation needed] At these world championships she won a silver medal in the 4x5km relay, with the Swedish relay team.[4]

In the 2018 Olympics Andersson finished fourth in the skiathlon,[4] 0.8 seconds behind bronze medalist Krista Pärmäkoski.[citation needed] She placed 13th in the 10 km individual, 13th in the 30 km mass start, and won a silver medal in the relay with the Swedish team.[4]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld, she won her first world championships gold medal, winning the 4 × 5 km relay as a member of the Swedish team.[4]

Running

Andersson has also competed in running at international junior level. During the 2015 European Championships in Eskilstuna she ended up 6th at 3 000 metres with the time 9.29,98. As a track and field athlete, she competed for Sollefteå GIF Friidrott.[5][6][7]

Roller skiing

On 23 August 2019 she won a 7.5 kilometres roller skiing competition (without any shooting moments) in Sollefteå where cross-country skiers and biathletes competed against each other.[8]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[9]

Olympic Games

  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
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World Championships

  • 8 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
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World Cup

Season titles

  • 2 titles – (2 U23)
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2019Under-23
2020Under-23

Season standings

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Individual podiums

  • 7 victories – (6 WC, 1 SWC)
  • 38 podiums – (25 WC, 13 SWC)
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Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (2 RL)
  • 7 podiums – (7 RL)
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References

  1. [1]
    Ebba Andersson at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. [2]
    Anton Johansson (22 January 2024). "Ebba Andersson vinner Jerringpriset 2023" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    Andreas Lundin (22 January 2024). "Ebba Andersson vinner Jerringpriset" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    "Ebba Andersson". olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    Ellen Hellmark (26 August 2019). "Skidtalang uttagen till junior-EM i friidrott" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. [6]
    "European Athletics U20 Championships – Eskilstuna 2015". European Athletics. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. [7]
    Jonas Hedman (18 July 2015). "JEM19 3: Ebba sexa på 3000" (in Swedish). Friidrott. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. [8]
    Tobias Jonsson, Milad Akbarzadeh (23 August 2019). "Andersson slog Öberg i världsstjärnornas udda kamp" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. [9]
    "ANDERSSON Ebba". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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