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 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2000–01 7 March 2001 Oslo, Norway 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd2 2001–02 7 March 2001 Kuopio, Finland 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd3 2004–05 5 March 2005 Lahti, Finland 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 1st4 9 March 2005 Drammen, Norway 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd52005–06 8 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 1st6 22 January 2006 Oberstdorf, Germany 0.9 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd7 2008–09 29 November 2008 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 6 podiums – (4 , 2 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 2001–02 27 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Ek / Dahlberg / Olsson2 2006–07 29 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Norgren 3 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindborg / Kalla / Norgren4 4 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Strömstedt / Kalla / Norgren5 2008–09 7 December 2008 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindborg / Haag / Kalla 6 18 January 2009 Whistler, Canada 6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rdd Olsson
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