Lina Andersson

Full name

Lina Marie Andersson

Born

March 18, 1981
Malmberget, Sweden

Ski club

Piteå Elit

World Cup career

Seasons

1998-2011

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for Sweden
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	Team sprint
World Championships
	2005 Oberstdorf	Individual sprint
	2009 Liberec	Team sprint
	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km

Lina Andersson (born March 18, 1981 in Malmberget) is a Swedish cross country skier who 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 x 5 km: 2009). She also has nineteen individual victories at all levels at various distances since 1999.

References

Lina Andersson at the International Ski Federation

Olympic champions in women's team sprint cross-country

2006: Sweden (Lina Andersson & Anna Dahlberg) 2010: Germany (Claudia Nystad & Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle) 2014: Norway (Marit Bjørgen & Ingvild Flugstad Østberg)

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