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Anna Holmlund

{{Short description|Swedish freestyle skier (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox skier

| name = Anna Holmlund

| image = Anna Holmlund 2013-12-05 001.jpg

| caption = Anna Holmlund in 2013

| nationality = {{SWE}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Selånger, Sweden

| height =

| club = Sundsvalls SLK

| seasons = 8 – (2009–2011, 2013–2017)

| wins = 19

| teamwins =

| totalpodiums = 33

| teampodiums =

| individual_starts = 67

| team_starts = 0

| wcoveralls = 0 – (2nd in 2015, 2016)

| wctitles = 3 – Ski cross (2011, 2015, 2016)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalSport|Women's Freestyle skiing}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Ski cross}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Deer Valley|Ski cross}}

}}

Anna Ida Holmlund (born 3 October 1987){{cite web |url=https://www.dt.se/artikel/sladdbarn-med-vinnarskalle-4 |title=Sladdbarn med vinnarskalle |date=21 February 2014 |work=dt.se |language=sv |access-date=4 July 2020}} is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.

Career

Holmlund won 19 World Cup races and three ski cross World Cups up to 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=152555§or=FS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604071746/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=152555§or=FS |url-status=dead |title=FIS bio |archive-date=4 June 2011 |access-date=8 June 2020}} She came sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=5740 |title=FIS – Anna Holmlund |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207174231/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=5740 |archive-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}

During a practice run on 19 December 2016 in Innichen, Holmlund crashed and suffered head injuries with brain hemorrhages and facial fractures, including a diffuse axonal injury.{{cite web |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20161220/swedish-ski-cross-champion-in-coma-after-surgery |title=Swedish ski cross champion in coma after surgery |date=20 December 2016 |publisher=The Local |access-date=22 December 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-holmlund-idUSKBN1482EX |title=Swedish skier Holmlund in coma after training crash |date=20 December 2016 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=22 December 2016}} Doctors put her in a medically induced coma in a hospital in Bolzano{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/21/swedish-freestyle-skier-injured-world-cup-innichen-sandra-naslund-anna-holmlund |title=Second freestyle skier injured on hill that left Sochi bronze medallist in coma |agency=Associated Press |date=21 December 2016 |work=The Guardian |access-date=22 December 2016}} and a week later she was flown back to Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/B9pL9/anna-holmlund-har-flugits-hem |title=Anna Holmlund har flugits hem |date=27 December 2016 |publisher=Sportbladet |access-date=28 December 2016 |via=Aftonbladet}} In May 2017, the Swedish Ski Association announced that Holmlund had regained consciousness and had communicated with and recognised friends and family.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/19409765/olympic-ski-cross-medalist-anna-holmlund-coma-5-months-crash |title=Olympic ski cross medalist Anna Holmlund out of coma 5 months after crash |author= |date=18 May 2017 |website=ESPN (UK TV channel) | access-date=7 October 2017}} In July 2017, she left the Danderyd hospital, where she had been treated, and returned to her hometown of Sundsvall.{{cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/nu-har-anna-holmlund-flyttat-hem-till-sundsvall |title=Efter Anna Holmlunds flytt till Sundsvall: "En svår omställning" |last=Israelsson |first=Fredrik |date=16 November 2017 |website=svt.se | language=sv |trans-title=After Anna Holmlund's move to Sundsvall: "A difficult transition" |access-date=26 December 2018}}

In December 2017, Holmlund took her first steps since the accident.{{cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/vintersport/se-unika-bilderna-anna-holmlund-gar |title=Här tar Anna Holmlund första stegen efter olyckan |last=Lindström |first=Johannes |date=22 December 2017 |website=svt.se | language=sv |trans-title=Here, Anna Holmlund takes first steps after the accident |access-date=26 December 2018}} She made a return to the ski slopes in February 2018, when she took to the snow in a sit-ski for the first time.{{cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/vintersport/anna-holmlund-tillbaka-i-backen-underbart |title=Anna Holmlund tillbaka i backen: "Underbart" |last=Jörnmark |first=Moa |date=26 March 2018 |website=svt.se | language=sv |trans-title=Anna Holmlund back on the slope: "Wonderful" |access-date=26 December 2018}} In April 2018, she made a return to competition by racing in a biski with the assistance of her brother Kalle: they won the women's class in a downhill race in Åre.{{cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/anna-holmlund-gjorde-comeback-vann-stortloppstavling |title=Anna Holmlund gjorde comeback – vann störtloppstävling |last=Israelsson |first=Fredrik |date=21 April 2018 |website=svt.se | language=sv |trans-title=Anna Holmlund makes comeback – wins downhill race |access-date=26 December 2018}}

In early November 2018, Holmlund was announced as an ambassador for Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/anna-holmlund-jag-tander-garna-os-elden |title=Anna Holmlund: "Jag tänder gärna OS-elden" |last=Israelsson |first=Fredrik |date=7 November 2018 |website=svt.se | language=sv |trans-title=Anna Holmlund: "I'd like to light the Olympic flame" |access-date=26 December 2018}}

World Cup podiums

File:FIS Ski Cross World Cup 2015 Finals - Megève - 20150314 - Anna Holmlund 3.jpg

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Season

! Date

! Location

! Place

rowspan=4 align=center | 2009–2010align=right | 21 December 2009{{flagdeco|ITA}} Innichen, Italyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 22 December 2009{{flagdeco|ITA}} Innichen, Italyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 14 March 2010{{flagdeco|SUI}} Grindelwald, Switzerlandalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 19 March 2010{{flagdeco|ESP}} Sierra Nevada, Spainalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
rowspan=6 align=center | 2010–2011align=right | 18 December 2010{{flagdeco|ITA}} Innichen, Italyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 16 January 2011{{flagdeco|FRA}} Les Contamines, Francealign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=right | 29 January 2011{{flagdeco|GER}} Grasgehren, Germanyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 6 March 2011{{flagdeco|SUI}} Meiringen, Switzerlandalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 13 March 2011{{flagdeco|SWE}} Branäs, Swedenalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 19 March 2011{{flagdeco|NOR}} Voss, Norwayalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
rowspan=3 align=center | 2012–2013align=right | 8 December 2012{{flagdeco|CAN}} Nakiska, Canadaalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=right | 13 December 2012{{flagdeco|USA}} Telluride, United Statesalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=right | 12 January 2013{{flagdeco|FRA}} Les Contamines, Francealign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
rowspan=1 align=center | 2013–2014align=right | 21 December 2013{{flagdeco|ITA}} Innichen, Italyalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
rowspan=8 align=center | 2014–2015align=right | 10 January 2015{{flagdeco|FRA}} Val Thorens, Francealign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 6 February 2015{{flagdeco|SUI}} Arosa, Switzerlandalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 7 February 2015{{flagdeco|SUI}} Arosa, Switzerlandalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 15 February 2015{{flagdeco|SWE}} Åre, Swedenalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 21 February 2015{{flagdeco|GER}} Tegernsee, Germanyalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=right | 22 February 2015{{flagdeco|GER}} Tegernsee, Germanyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 13 March 2015{{flagdeco|FRA}} Megeve, Francealign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 14 March 2015{{flagdeco|FRA}} Megeve, Francealign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
rowspan=10 align=center | 2015–2016align=right | 5 December 2015{{flagdeco|AUT}} Montafon, Austriaalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 11 December 2015{{flagdeco|FRA}} Val Thorens, Francealign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 12 December 2015{{flagdeco|FRA}} Val Thorens, Francealign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 19 December 2015{{flagdeco|ITA}} Innichen, Italyalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 16 January 2016{{flagdeco|ITA}} Watles, Italyalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 17 January 2016{{flagdeco|ITA}} Watles, Italyalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 23 January 2016{{flagdeco|CAN}} Nakiska, Alberta, Canadaalign=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=right | 13 February 2016{{flagdeco|SWE}} Idre Fjäll, Swedenalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
align=right | 28 February 2016{{flagdeco|KOR}} Bokwang/Pyeongchang, South Koreaalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=right | 4 March 2016{{flagdeco|SUI}} Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerlandalign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st
rowspan=1 align=center | 2016–2017align=right | 10 December 2016{{flagdeco|FRA}} Val Thorens, Francealign=center bgcolor=gold | 1st

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