Sara HECTOR

4 Sep 1992
29
Female
SANDVIKEN
 
Sweden
DUVED
 
Sweden

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ALP Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 1 Gold
Women's Slalom DNF

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
10Women's Giant Slalom2018PyeongChang, KOR00:02:21.530
13Super Combined2014Sochi, RUS00:02:37.850
21Super G2014Sochi, RUS00:01:28.710
25Downhill2014Sochi, RUS00:01:44.230
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Team Parallel Mixed2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
7Giant Slalom Ladies2019Are, SWE2:03.91
9Giant Slalom Ladies2017St. Moritz, SUI2:07.51
9Super Combined Ladies2013Schladming, AUT2:43.59
10Giant Slalom Ladies2015Vail / Beaver Creek, USA2:21.96
13Slalom Ladies2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:43.10
17Giant Slalom Ladies2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER2:22.67
23Slalom Ladies2015Vail / Beaver Creek, USA1:43.03
26Downhill Ladies2013Schladming, AUT1:53.38
World Cup Rankings
SeasonAllSlalomGiant SlalomSuper GAlpine CombinedParallel
2021/20224915
2020/2021161311
2019/2020332812
2018/2019453215
2017/2018495710
2016/2017665421
2015/2016643827
2014/201519294
2013/201461265
2012/201380483747
2011/201210241
2010/20119332
2009/201012045
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonDownhillSlalomGiant SlalomSuper GParallelTeam Parallel MixedParallel Giant SlalomParallel SlalomSuper Combined
2021/20221 x 6th3 x 1st1 x 5th
2020/20211 x 5th1 x 2nd1 x 4th1 x 4th
2019/20201 x 13th1 x 6th1 x 12th1 x 19th
2018/20191 x 15th1 x 5th
2017/20181 x 26th1 x 5th
2016/20171 x 22nd1 x 6th
2015/20161 x 9th1 x 7th
2014/20151 x 9th1 x 1st
2013/20141 x 41st1 x 18th1 x 38th1 x 5th
2012/20131 x 18th1 x 20th1 x 30th
2011/20121 x 17th
2010/20111 x 35th1 x 16th1 x 37th1 x 31st
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
1Giant Slalom2021/2022Courchevel, FRA2:13.03
1Giant Slalom2021/2022Kronplatz, ITA2:03.63
1Giant Slalom2021/2022Kranjska Gora, SLO2:15.79
2Giant Slalom2021/2022Courchevel, FRA2:16.21
3Giant Slalom2021/2022Lienz, AUT2:04.26
5Parallel2021/2022Lech / Zuers, AUT
6Slalom2021/2022Courchevel, FRA1:40.18
9Slalom2021/2022Levi, FIN1:48.11
10Slalom2021/2022Kranjska Gora, SLO1:46.96
10Slalom2021/2022Lienz, AUT1:43.70
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Boating, biking, sailing, hiking, spending time with family and friends. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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Athlete

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Bachelor degree in business administration from the University of Stockholm (SWE). (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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Father, Soren. Mother, Maria. Brother, Gustaf. Sister, Emma.

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Swedish, English, German

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Kungsbergets Alpina

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National: Pierre Miniotti (ITA)

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Brother Gustaf Hector (Alpine skiing): Competed at the national level.

Sister Emma Hector (Alpine skiing): Competed at the national level.

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2007 FIS event in Gallivare (Giant slalom - 1st)
2009 World Cup in Are (Giant slalom - 22nd)

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12 December 2015: Left knee injury with cartilage damage to the back of her left patella, when she was number one in the World Cup giant slalom at Are. Underwent surgery, ending her 2015/16 season. Returned to racing over a year later in January 2017. (cision.com, 12 Dec 2015; skiracing.com, 12 Dec 2015)

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2008

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As a young girl growing up in Sandviken, she enjoyed weekend ski trips with her family. (sarahector.com)

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Loves the feeling of skiing. "It makes me feel happy, free, full of adrenaline and alive. It’s beautiful sceneries and a sport that requires you to both be active mentally and physically." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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"Give it all I've got, so I have a chance to get closer to the potential I have." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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The World Cup giant slalom win at Kuehtai in Tirol in December 2014.
The 2011 Junior World Championship gold in giant slalom at Crans Montana. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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Alpine skier Anja Paerson (SWE), six-time Olympic medallist, seven-time World champion. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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Her father. "It’s not easy to say one person. It’s a lot of people on the way that have been helping me and motivating me to give my best." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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"Not really, more just some useful routines." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

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"It’s in the attitude, what you can achieve. So it’s very important to find an attitude that you like and feel good about and the most important to me is to have fun on the journey." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Milestones

Won gold in giant slalom at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Finished 10th in giant slalom at PyeongChang 2018. Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at Sochi 2014 with three starts.

In six World Championship appearances (2011-21), she has a team parallel silver medal from 2021 (Cortina d'Ampezzo). Individually, she has four other top-10 finishes, her best being seventh in the giant slalom in 2019 (Are).

Has a full set of medals from the Junior World Championships (2009-13), winning two in giant slalom (2011 gold, 2012 silver) and one in slalom (2010 bronze).

Picked up her second career World Cup victory, winning the 22 Dec 2021 Courchevel giant slalom over Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), her first victory in seven years since winning in 2014 at Kuehtai, ahead of Anna Fenninger (AUT) and Shiffrin.

Legend
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Gold
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Gold Medal Event
DNF:
Did Not Finish
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