Hans Anders Olsson (born 27 August 1984, in Mora, Sweden) is a Swedish former alpine skier. He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he came 12th in downhill. He also represented Sweden at the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Alpine World Ski Championships. Olsson specialised in the speed disciplines of super-G and particularly downhill.
Hans' brother Jon Olsson Delér, is an alpine ski racer and a freestyle skier who has won multiple Winter X Games medals. Hans took a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships, where he won the super-G.
Olsson made his debut in the Alpine Ski World Cup at Kvitfjell in 2003–04 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup: he went on to make a total of 155 World Cup starts. His best position in the season-long World Cup standings in downhill was 12th, which he achieved in 2008-09. His career highlights include podium finishes in World Cup races at Lake Louise, Canada, and Åre, Sweden, in 2008 and 2009 respectively. During his racing career, Olsson initially lived on Frösön, before moving to Innsbruck, Austria. He is multilingual, speaking Swedish, German and English.
Hans Olsson announced his retirement from competition on 16 April 2015, following three seasons in which he was plagued by injuries. In August of that year he took up a position in the organisation of the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre, also moving to the village. He has been in a relationship with fellow alpine skier Maria Pietilä Holmner 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.
He is a member of IFK Mora.
World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 21 97 — — — — 21 2007 22 53 — — 38 45 8 2008 23 71 — — — 32 23 2009 24 37 — — — 12 44 2010 25 47 — — — 13 34 2011 26 59 — — 30 31 19 2012 27 68 — — 29 38 34 2013 28 injured in May: out for entire season 2014 29 91 — — 39 42 35 2015 30 42 — — 58 56 31
Race podiums
2 podiums – (2 DH); 11 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place 2009 29 Nov 2008 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd2009 11 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Downhill 3rd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2007 22 — — 21 23 DNF2 2009 24 — — 33 DNF1 17 2011 26 — — DNF1 26 DNF1
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2010 25 — DNS1 DNF1 12 DNF2
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