Anja Sofia Tess Pärson ( Swede: Anja Sofia Tess Pärson ; April 25, 1981 , Ternaby , Sturuman commune , Lena Westerbotten , Sweden ) - Swedish skier , 2006 Olympic champion in slalom , seven - time world champion , two-time winner World Cup overall.
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| Full name | Anya Sofia Tess Person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | April 25, 1981 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Ternaby , Flax Westerbotten , Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | all disciplines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tärna IK Fjällvinden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | completed her career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Twice (2006 and 2007) Anya was awarded the Gold Medal from the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet , awarded annually to the Swedish athlete or team that achieved the most outstanding achievements (this prestigious medal cannot be awarded to one athlete more than 2 times).
She completed her career in the spring of 2012.
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Biography
It has Sami roots. Anya came to skiing, following the example of Frida's older sister. Her coach for many years was her father Anders. The debut in the World Cup took place on March 15, 1998 in the Swiss town of Crans-Montana in giant slalom . By that time, she already had the title of world champion among juniors. The first victory in the World Cup was won by a 17-year-old athlete on December 3 of that year in the American Mammoth Mountain on the slalom track.
At age 19, the athlete came the first victory in the world championship : in Austria, St. Anton, she excelled in slalom. In total, on her account 7 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals of the world championships (in the total number of world championship awards, Persons ranks second in the history of skiing, second only to the 1930s German star Kristl Krantz ). The person is the only skier in history to have world titles in all modern disciplines.
At the Olympics, there was only one victory in slalom in 2006 in Turin , but the asset also has silver and bronze in Salt Lake City and two bronzes of Turin . In Turin, Anya was the standard-bearer of the Swedish national team. In Vancouver 2010, Anya, despite a serious drop at the very finish of the downhill track, managed to win the bronze in the super combination in a few days. Person became the third athlete in history to have won at least 6 Olympic medals in alpine skiing after a Norwegian Chetil Andre Omodt (8 awards) and Croatian Janitsa Kostelic (6).
In total, over a career she went to the start of the World Cup stages more than 350 times and went up to the podium more than 90 times, having won 42 victories. Takes fifth place in the number of victories at the stages of the women's World Cup in history.
She lived in Monaco for 10 years, after which she returned to Sweden.
Personal life
On August 2, 2014, 33-year-old Perse registered an official marriage with 41-year-old Swedish Filippa Rodin (Filippa Rådin, the owner of the boutique) in the town of Umeälven [1] . The couple has known each other since 2005.
There are two sons - Elvis Diego (b. July 4, 2012) [2] [3] and Maximilian (b. May 21, 2015) [4] .
World Cups
- General classification - 2 times: 2004, 2005
- Giant Slalom - 3 times: 2003, 2004, 2006
- Slalom - 1 time: 2004
- Combination - 1 time: 2009
World Cup Wins (42)
- slalom - 18,
- giant slalom - 11,
- downhill - 6,
- super giant - 4,
- combination / super combination - 3.
Anya Persona at the Winter Olympics
| Olympic games | Speed descent | Super giant | Giant slalom | Slalom | Combination |
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| 2002 Salt Lake City | - | - | - | ||
| 2006 Turin | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2010 Vancouver | DNF | eleven | 22 | DNF |
See also
- Wiberg, Pernilla
Notes
- ↑ Anja Pärson och Filippa Rådin har gift sig (Swedish) . aftonbladet (August 2, 2014). Date of treatment September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Swedish skier Anya Persona became a mother . R-Sport (July 6, 2012). Date of treatment September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Nu vill Anja Pärson adoptera sonen Elvis (Swedish) . Date of treatment June 6, 2015.
- ↑ HÄR VISAR ANJA PÄRSON UPP SONEN FÖR FÖRSTA GÅNGEN .
Links
- Official Website (English) (Swedish)
- Anya Persona - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Anya Persona - statistics on the FIS website (English)