Hans Olsson (alpine skier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hans Olsson (alpine skier)

Swedish alpine skier

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1984

Place of Birth: Mora, Dalarna County, Sweden

Profession: alpine skier

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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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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