Anna Holmlund

Anna Ida Holmlund (born 3 October 1987) is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.

Career Holmlund won 19 World Cup races and three ski cross World Cups up to 2016. She came sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.

During a practice run on 19 December 2016 in Innichen, Holmlund crashed and suffered head injuries with brain hemorrhages and facial fractures, including a diffuse axonal injury. Doctors put her in a medically induced coma in a hospital in Bolzano and a week later she was flown back to Sweden. In May 2017, the Swedish Ski Association announced that Holmlund had regained consciousness and had communicated with and recognised friends and family. In July 2017, she left the Danderyd hospital, where she had been treated, and returned to her hometown of Sundsvall.

In December 2017, Holmlund took her first steps since the accident. She made a return to the ski slopes in February 2018, when she took to the snow in a sit-ski for the first time. In April 2018, she made a return to competition by racing in a biski with the assistance of her brother Kalle: they won the women's class in a downhill race in Åre.

In early November 2018, Holmlund was announced as an ambassador for Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Place 2009–2010 21 December 2009 Innichen, Italy 1st 22 December 2009 Innichen, Italy 1st 14 March 2010 Grindelwald, Switzerland 1st 19 March 2010 Sierra Nevada, Spain 1st 2010–2011 18 December 2010 Innichen, Italy 1st 16 January 2011 Les Contamines, France 3rd 29 January 2011 Grasgehren, Germany 1st 6 March 2011 Meiringen, Switzerland 1st 13 March 2011 Branäs, Sweden 1st 19 March 2011 Voss, Norway 1st 2012–2013 8 December 2012 Nakiska, Canada 3rd 13 December 2012 Telluride, United States 3rd 12 January 2013 Les Contamines, France 2nd 2013–2014 21 December 2013 Innichen, Italy 3rd 2014–2015 10 January 2015 Val Thorens, France 2nd 6 February 2015 Arosa, Switzerland 2nd 7 February 2015 Arosa, Switzerland 2nd 15 February 2015 Åre, Sweden 1st 21 February 2015 Tegernsee, Germany 3rd 22 February 2015 Tegernsee, Germany 1st 13 March 2015 Megeve, France 1st 14 March 2015 Megeve, France 1st 2015–2016 5 December 2015 Montafon, Austria 2nd 11 December 2015 Val Thorens, France 1st 12 December 2015 Val Thorens, France 1st 19 December 2015 Innichen, Italy 2nd 16 January 2016 Watles, Italy 1st 17 January 2016 Watles, Italy 2nd 23 January 2016 Nakiska, Alberta, Canada 2nd 13 February 2016 Idre Fjäll, Sweden 1st 28 February 2016 Bokwang/Pyeongchang, South Korea 3rd 4 March 2016 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland 1st 2016–2017 10 December 2016 Val Thorens, France 1st