Lina Andersson

Lina Andersson (born 18 March 1981) is a Swedish cross-country skier who was born in Malmberget and has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint (with Anna Dahlberg) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.

Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (Individual sprint: 2005, team sprint: 2009) and a bronze (4 × 5 km relay: 2009). She also has nineteen individual victories at all levels at various distances since 1999.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 gold) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2002 20 16 — 39 — 28 12 2006 24 33 — 11 — Gold

World Championships 3 medals – (2 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2001 19 — 27 — — — 2003 21 21 27 — — 24 6 2005 23 — — Silver 8 — 2007 25 42 — — 6 4 4 2009 27 14 — — — Bronze Silver

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1999 18 — 2000 19 37 61 48 21 2001 20 41 25 2002 21 15 11 2003 22 53 35 2004 23 68 41 2005 24 15 44 6 2006 25 15 42 4 2007 26 20 35 4 — 2008 27 45 29 — — 2009 28 48 51 10 — 2010 29 42 83 12 — 32 2011 30 47 77 21 —

Individual podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 7 podiums – (7 )

Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 6 podiums – (4 , 2 )