Maria Pietilä Holmner

Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner took up alpine skiing at the age of seven. She was also a keen footballer, playing as a forward for Mariehem's girls' teams until the age of 15, when she decided to focus on skiing. Pietilä-Holmner made her World Cup debut in Sölden at age 16 in October 2002. She won a gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships in the slalom. She made a total of 207 World Cup starts, and took ten podiums, including three wins. Four years later in 2011, she won 2 bronze medals at Garmish-Partenkirchen in the slalom and the team event. At Schladming in 2013, she won a silver in the team event. She took her final Worlds medal at the 2017 Championships, where she was part of the Swedish squad which finished third in the team event. to instead become a Eurosport expert commentator.

She has been in a relationship with fellow alpine skier Hans Olsson since 2004: as of 2018 the couple were engaged. They both worked as part of the team covering alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for Eurosport.

World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2004 17 104 — 43 — — — 2005 18 63 33 31 — — — 2006 19 24 17 20 — — — 2007 20 26 15 14 — — — 2008 21 29 12 12 — — — 2009 22 13 7 7 54 — — 2010 23 13 8 6 — — — 2011 24 11 4 19 — — 32 2012 25 33 14 29 — — — 2013 26 17 7 27 — — — 2014 27 7 4 3 — — — 2015 28 15 7 16 — — —2016 29 19 9 8 — — —2017 30 65 23 33 — — —2018 31 did not compete; retired in the middle of season

Race podiums 3 wins – (2 SL, 1 CE) 10 podiums – (7 SL, 1 GS, 2 PSL)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2005 18 13 16 — — — 2007 20 11 2 — — — 2009 22 DNF1 8 — — — 2011 24 3 22 — — — 2013 26 6 18 — — — 2015 28 14 9 — — — 2017 30 14 25 — — —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 19 21 10 — — — 2010 23 4 24 — — — 2014 27 DNF1 6 — — —

Video Zapiks – post-race interview in November 2011 – 2nd place, Aspen slalom