Hans Olsson (alpine skier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Swedish alpine skier
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Place of Birth: Mora, Dalarna County, Sweden
About Hans Olsson (alpine skier)
- 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, 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 Ã…re, 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 Ã…re, 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.
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