Anja Pärson

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Medal record
Anja Pärson
Anja Pärson
Competitor for Flag of Sweden Sweden
Women's alpine skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 2006 Turin Slalom
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Slalom
Bronze 2006 Turin Downhill
Bronze 2006 Turin Combined
World Championships
Gold 2001 St. Anton Slalom
Gold 2003 St. Moritz Giant slalom
Gold 2005 Bormio Super-G
Gold 2005 Bormio Giant slalom
Gold 2007 Åre Super-G
Gold 2007 Åre Combined
Gold 2007 Åre Downhill
Silver 2005 Bormio Combined
Silver 2007 Åre Team Event
Bronze 2001 St. Anton Giant slalom
Bronze 2007 Åre Slalom

Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (pronounced [ˈaɲːa ˈpæːʂɔn] in Swedish) (born April 25, 1981, in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She is also the reigning Olympic champion in the slalom, after her victory at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Pärson was introduced to ski racing by her sister, Frida, and is now trained by her father, Anders. Her first World Cup race was a giant slalom at the World Cup Finals at Crans-Montana, Switzerland on (March 15, 1998). She qualified for that race as the new junior World Champion but only finished 25th in last place. She won her first World Cup race, a slalom at Mammoth Mountain, California, in December 1998 at age 17, and her first gold medal at St. Anton, Austria, in 2001. She clinched the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and added the gold in slalom plus two more bronze medals in downhill and combined in 2006 Winter Olympics.

Pärson won the Alpine Skiing World Cup overall title in 2004 and 2005. The latter title was won by the smallest margin ever, only 3 points over her fiercest rival, Janica Kostelić. Being initially a slalom and giant slalom specialist, she won her first Super-G and downhill races in March 2005 at San Sicario, Italy, during the pre-Olympic competitions. As of March 2008, she has won a total of 38 World Cup races in all five disciplines.

Pärson has won seven gold medals in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, in 2001 (slalom), 2003 (giant slalom), 2005 (giant slalom, Super-G) and 2007 (Super-G, Super-combined, downhill). These go along with two silver and two bronze medals in other events in 2001 and 2005. With her three gold medals in 2007 at Åre, Sweden, she became the first skier in history to win World Championship golds in all five disciplines.

Pärson's athletics club is Fjällvinden, Tärnaby, the same to which skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark and Stig Strand belonged. She currently lives in Monaco and stands 170 cm[1] (5 ft 7 in) tall. She was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 2006 and in 2007.

Contents

[edit] World Cup victories

[edit] Overall and single discipline results

Season Discipline
2003 Giant Slalom
2004 Giant Slalom
2004 Slalom
2004 Overall
2005 Overall
2006 Giant Slalom

[edit] Individual races

38 wins (18 Slalom, 11 Giant slalom, 4 Super-G, 4 Downhill, 1 Combination)

Anja Pärson in Monaco 2006.
Anja Pärson in Monaco 2006.
Date Location Race
3 December 1998 Flag of the United States Mammoth Mountain Slalom
9 December 2001 Flag of Italy Sestrières Slalom
29 December 2001 Flag of Austria Lienz Slalom
5 January 2002 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Slalom
6 January 2002 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Slalom
30 November 2002 Flag of the United States Aspen Slalom
15 December 2002 Flag of Italy Sestrières KO-Slalom
19 January 2003 Flag of Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom
25 January 2003 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Giant slalom
26 January 2003 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Slalom
6 March 2003 Flag of Sweden Åre Giant slalom
28 November 2003 Flag of the United States Park City Giant slalom
29 November 2003 Flag of the United States Park City Slalom
16 December 2003 Flag of Italy Madonna di Campiglio Slalom
28 December 2003 Flag of Austria Lienz Slalom
5 January 2004 Flag of France Megève Slalom
24 January 2004 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Giant slalom
25 January 2004 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Slalom
7 February 2004 Flag of Germany Zwiesel Giant slalom
8 February 2004 Flag of Germany Zwiesel Slalom
21 February 2004 Flag of Sweden Åre Giant slalom
14 March 2004 Flag of Italy Sestrières Giant slalom
23 November 2004 Flag of Austria Sölden Giant slalom
23 January 2005 Flag of Slovenia Maribor Slalom
25 February 2005 Flag of Italy San Sicario Super-G
26 February 2005 Flag of Italy San Sicario Downhill
11 December 2005 Flag of the United States Aspen Slalom
22 December 2005 Flag of the Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn Slalom
28 December 2005 Flag of Austria Lienz Giant Slalom
13 January 2006 Flag of Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim Downhill
27 January 2006 Flag of Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G
4 February 2006 Flag of Germany Ofterschwang Giant slalom
11 March 2006 Flag of Finland Levi Slalom
15 March 2006 Flag of Sweden Åre Downhill
15 March 2007 Flag of Switzerland Lenzerheide Super-G
15 December 2007 Flag of Switzerland St. Moritz Downhill
16 December 2007 Flag of Switzerland St. Moritz Super-G
9 March 2008 Flag of Switzerland Crans-Montana Combination

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Awards
Preceded by
Kajsa Bergqvist
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2006 & 2007
Succeeded by
Incumbent


Persondata
NAME Pärson, Anja Sofia Tess
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Swedish Alpine skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Umeå
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH