Ida Nilsson

Track and field and cross country

Top years During the first years of the 21st century Nilsson was the Swedish dominant in 5000 metres and 3000 m steeplechase, then a relatively new sport for women. In 2003, she was awarded the prestigious Stora grabbars och tjejers märke for her sports achievements. She finished seventh in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, where she set the Swedish national record at 9:39.24, a personal best. She also participated in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. In the summer of 2006 Nilsson ran 3000 m in 9:01.01, the fastest time by a Swedish athlete in more than 10 years. Nilsson's personal best for 5000 m is 15:33.18.

Injuries After leaving college in Arizona Nilsson had a series of injuries, including a stress fracture in her hip joint in 2009. The injury didn't fully heal until the summer of 2013, and Nilsson gave up her track & field career.

Personal bests The following list is based on information from Nilsson's club Högby IF.

Nilsson has never run an official 10 000 m on a track; her best similar performance is 35:03 in a 2016 road race.

Mountain running and ski mountaineering

After many years of serious injuries Nilsson was finally able to run again in 2013. Nilsson: "Now even my body feels better than 10-15 years ago. Now I feel like young again." In 2015 Nilsson won the Swedish mountain marathon Fjällmaraton. Later the same year, in her ultramarathon debut, she placed second in the 90-kilometer Ultravasan in Sweden. In early 2016 she became ski mountaineering Swedish champion at Keb Classic (with Jenny Råghall) and won the Transvulcania mountain ultramarathon in the Canary Islands.

Nilsson, who during her track & field career seldom ran as far as , now competed in a number of longer races. In 2016 and again in 2017 she became Swedish road running champion in the masters athletics class for women 35 years. In the summer of 2016 Nilsson won the Marathon du Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France, proving that the unexpected Transvulcania win was not a fluke and planting Nilsson firmly in the world elite.

During the winter 2015 – 2016 Nilsson lived in Chamonix, France, and trained ski mountaineering with Emelie Forsberg. According to Nilsson it was Forsberg who inspired her to test more ultratrail. In running events Nilsson competes for Högby IF in Sweden, Måndalen IL in Norway and Salomon Running internationally. In ski mountaineering her club affiliation is Fjällframfart in Swedish events.

Nilsson has trained as a cook, a wilderness and adventure guide and as masseur. For a living she has run a small company registered in 2015 as a sole proprietorship called Running soul – Ida Nilsson, that according to the Facebook site with the same name offered "massage, sports massage, yoga classes, workshops and training camps for runners". As of 2018 Nilsson lives in Måndalen in Rauma Municipality in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, and makes a living from skyrunning and ski mountaineering. In 2018 Nilsson together with fellow athletes Emelie Forsberg and Mimmi Kotka started Moonvalley, an on-line shop dedicated to organic energy bars and sportsdrinks.

Results

Cross country and sky running

The following list includes only results after Nilsson's comeback after her five-year injury period. A fair number of the races, in particular in her native country Sweden, are asphalt races or otherwise not strictly cross country or mountain running.

2014 1st, Spring en mil vinn en bil , Sweden

2015 2nd, Kungsholmen Runt , Sweden 2nd, Spring en mil vinn en bil , Sweden 1st, Böda Beach run , Sweden 2nd, , Sweden 1st, Hornindal runt , Norway 3rd, Vetenløpet VK, Norway 1st, Victorialoppet , Sweden 1st, Hornsjön Runt , Sweden 6th, Peak Performance Vertical K, Sweden 1st, Fjällmaraton , Sweden 1st, Salomon Trail Tour Järvsö , Sweden 2nd, Ultravasan , Sweden 1st, Salomon Trail Tour Sälen, Sweden , Sweden

2016 1st, Nordic Classic Running , Sweden 1st, Salomon City Trail , Sweden 1st, Transvulcania , Spain (personal best for the half marathon distance) 1st, Mönsterås Stadslopp , Sweden 3rd, Sthlm 10 , Sweden (also Swedish championship in road running, won the masters athletics class for women 35 years, personal best for the 10 km road running distance) 6th, Marathon du Mont Blanc Vertical km, France 1st, Marathon du Mont Blanc , France 1st, Böda Beach run , Sweden (2nd straight victory) 10th, Dolomites Sky Race, 22 km, Italy 4th, Buff Epic Trail , Spain (also World Championship in the Sky discipline) 1st, Salomon 27K , Sweden (course record) 3rd, Peak Performance Vertical K, Sweden 1st, Fjällmaraton , Sweden (2nd straight victory, course record) 1st, The Rut 50K, , Montana, USA 1st, Nordic Extreme running, , Sweden 2nd, Trail de l'Arclusaz , France 1st, The North Face Endurance Challenge , San Francisco, USA 1st, Sylvesterloppet, , Sweden (new course record)

2017 1st, Ultimate Tsaigu Trail , China 1st, Yading VK, China 1st, Yading Kora Ultra , China 1st, Transvulcania , Spain (2nd straight victory, new course record) 1st, Åndalsnesløpet , Norway 3rd, Sthlm 10 , Sweden (also Swedish championship in road running, won the masters athletics class for women 35 years for a 2nd straight victory) 2nd Marathon du Mont Blanc , Italy 1st, Böda Beach run , Sweden (3rd straight victory) 3rd, , Sweden 2nd, Mefjellet Opp, Vertical km, Norway 1st, Swiss Alpine Marathon , Switzerland 1st, Fjällmaraton , Sweden (3rd straight victory) 1st, Ultravasan , Sweden (new course record) 3rd, Lidingöloppet , Sweden 2nd, Grand Trail des Templiers , France 1st, North Face Endurance Challenge , California, USA (2nd straight victory)

2018 1st, Transvulcania , Spain (3rd straight victory) 1st, Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri , Spain 1st, Birkebeinerløpet , Norway 3rd, Sthlm 10 , Sweden (also Swedish championship in road running, second in the masters athletics class for women 35 years) 1st, Öland Ultra , Sweden (3rd straight victory, also 1st overall) 2nd, Besseggløpet , Norway 2nd, Marathon du Mont Blanc , France 1st, Mefjellet Opp, Vertical km, Norway 1st, Swiss Alpine Marathon , Switzerland 8th, Sierre-Zinal , Switzerland 2nd, Ultravasan , Sweden 3rd Ultra-Trail Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) , France 6th, Lidingöloppet , Sweden 9th, Otter African Trail Run , South Africa 5th, Swedish Cross Country Championships , Sweden 11th, Swedish Cross Country Championships , Sweden

2019 1st The Coastal Challenge , 6 stages, Costa Rica (new course record; 2nd overall) 1st Monument Valley Half Marathon , USA 1st Crown King Scramble , USA (new course record) 1st Skälbyloppet , Sweden

2021 1st Victorialoppet , Sweden (second victory) 1st Böda Sandsloppet , Sweden 1st Salomon 27K , Sweden (second victory) 1st Fjällmaraton , Sweden (fourth victory) 2nd Idre Fjällmaraton , Sweden 3rd, Romsdalseggenløpet , Norway 1st, Marató Pirineu , Spain

2022 1st Fjällmaraton , Sweden (fifth victory) 4th, Ultra Pirineu , Spain 2nd, Trail World Championships , Thailand

2023 5th, Black Canyon , USA

World Cup wins

Ski mountaineering

Fastest Known Time (FKT) She has held the fastest known time on the following routes: