Sandra Näslund

Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund
	Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in Idre Fjäll, Sweden
Country	Sweden
Born	6 July 1996 (age 28); Kramfors, Sweden
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Ski club	Kramfors Alpina
World Cup career
Seasons	12 – (2012–present)
Starts	103
Podiums	63
Wins	37
Overall titles	1 – (2018)
Discipline titles	4 – Ski cross (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
	Updated on 28 February 2023.

Sandra Catrin Näslund (born 6 July 1996) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing.^[1]^[2] She is the 2022 ski cross Olympic champion, the 2017, 2021 and 2023 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023 ski cross World Cups, and the overall winner of the 2018 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.

Career

Näslund made her Freestyle World Cup debut in March 2012. As of the 2021–22 season, she has won the Ski cross World Cup three times and has won a total of 28 individual World Cup races.^[1]

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]

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]

Näslund injured her right knee during practice, in November 2020, before the World Cup season premiere in Arosa. She spent the following eleven weeks rehabilitating her injury, before making her season debut at the World Championships in Idre.^[7] Näslund placed second in the qualification run and three days later she won each of the elimination heats, including the big final, to claim her second World Championships gold medal.

Näslund won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she won the qualification run and each of the following elimination heats, including the big final, becoming the first Swedish skier to win the Ski cross event. Näslund also dominated the Ski cross World Cup over the 2021–22 season, winning eleven out of twelve races.

Personal life

Näslund is openly lesbian.^[8]

World Cup results

Season titles

5 titles (1 overall, 4 ski cross)

Season
Season	Discipline
2017–18	Overall
2017–18	Ski cross
2019–20	Ski cross
2021–22	Ski cross
2022–23	Ski cross

Season standings

Season
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
2020–21	24	N/A	8	injured: did not compete
2021–22	25	N/A	1	1
2022–23	26	N/A	1	1

Ski cross individual victories

37 wins
63 podiums

Season
Season	Date	Location
2016–2017 2 victories	14 January 2017	Watles, Italy
2016–2017 2 victories	11 February 2017	Idre, Sweden
2017–2018 7 victories	7 December 2017	Val Thorens, France
	12 December 2017	Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
	22 December 2017	Innichen, Italy
	13 January 2018	Idre, Sweden
	14 January 2018	Idre, Sweden
	20 January 2018	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	4 March 2018	Sunny Valley, Russia
2018–2019 3 victories	22 December 2018	Innichen, Italy
	16 February 2019	Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
	17 February 2019	Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019–2020 3 victories	6 December 2019	Val Thorens, France
	18 January 2020	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	26 January 2020	Idre, Sweden
2020–2021 2 victories	19 February 2021	Reiteralm, Austria
2020–2021 2 victories	21 March 2021	Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2021–2022 11 victories	27 November 2021	Secret Garden, China
	11 December 2021	Val Thorens, France
	12 December 2021	Val Thorens, France
	19 December 2021	Innichen, Italy
	20 December 2021	Innichen, Italy
	14 January 2022	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	15 January 2022	Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
	22 January 2022	Idre, Sweden
	23 January 2022	Idre, Sweden
	13 March 2022	Reiteralm, Austria
	19 March 2022	Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2022–2023 9 victories	8 December 2022	Val Thorens, France
	9 December 2022	Val Thorens, France
	12 December 2022	Arosa, Switzerland
	21 December 2022	Innichen, Italy
	22 December 2022	Innichen, Italy
	21 January 2023	Idre, Sweden
	22 January 2023	Idre, Sweden
	16 February 2023	Reiteralm, Austria
	17 February 2023	Reiteralm, Austria

Ski cross mixed team victories

1 win
2 podiums

Season
Season	Date	Location	Teammate
2021–2022	15 December 2021	Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland	David Mobärg

World Championship results

Year
Year	Age	Ski cross	Team Ski cross
2013	16	14
2015	18	injured: did not compete
2017	20	1
2019	22	9
2021	24	1
2023	26	1	1

Olympic results

Year
Year	Age	Ski cross
2014	17	5
2018	21	4
2022	25	1

References

^ ^a ^b FIS Profile – Freestyle
^ FIS Profile – Alpine
^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
^ Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ Samuel Abrahamsson, Björn Becksmo (12 February 2021). "Sandra Näslund: "Är här för att slåss om medaljerna"" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record". Outsports. 26 January 2022.

External links

Media related to Sandra Näslund at Wikimedia Commons

Sandra Näslund at FIS (alpine)
Sandra Näslund at FIS (freestyle)
Sandra Näslund at Olympics.com
Sandra Näslund at Olympedia
Sandra Näslund at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

[fisfsprofile-1] FIS Profile – Freestyle

[fisalprofile-2] FIS Profile – Alpine

[sportsrefprofile-3] "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[sochi2014profile-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". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). 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.

[7] Samuel Abrahamsson, Björn Becksmo (12 February 2021). "Sandra Näslund: "Är här för att slåss om medaljerna"" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[8] "At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record". Outsports. 26 January 2022.

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v t e Olympic champions in women's freestyle skiing
Aerials	1994: Lina Cheryazova (UZB) 1998: Nikki Stone (USA) 2002: Alisa Camplin (AUS) 2006: Evelyne Leu (SUI) 2010: Lydia Lassila (AUS) 2014: Alla Tsuper (BLR) 2018: Hanna Huskova (BLR) 2022: Xu Mengtao (CHN)
Big air	2022: Eileen Gu (CHN)
Halfpipe	2014: Maddie Bowman (USA) 2018: Cassie Sharpe (CAN) 2022: Eileen Gu (CHN)
Moguls	1992: Donna Weinbrecht (USA) 1994: Stine Lise Hattestad (NOR) 1998: Tae Satoya (JPN) 2002: Kari Traa (NOR) 2006: Jennifer Heil (CAN) 2010: Hannah Kearney (USA) 2014: Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 2018: Perrine Laffont (FRA) 2022: Jakara Anthony (AUS)
Ski cross	2010: Ashleigh McIvor (CAN) 2014: Marielle Thompson (CAN) 2018: Kelsey Serwa (CAN) 2022: Sandra Näslund (SWE)
Slopestyle	2014: Dara Howell (CAN) 2018: Sarah Höfflin (SUI) 2022: Mathilde Gremaud (SUI)