Stina NILSSON

Historical Results

Silver-Stina (given to her after she won silver at the 2015 World Nordic Ski Championships).

Cooking

Athlete

Father, Taepp Nils Richard Nilsson. Mother, Ulla Karin Nilsson (Stina's assistant and accountant). Sisters, Hanna and Malin.

Swedish, English

Lima SKG

National: Johannes Lukas (GER), Johan Hagstroem (SWE), Jean Marc Chabloz (SUI)

Cross-country skiing: Five-time Olympic medallist in two appearances (2014, 2018). She won four medals at PyeongChang 2018, winning gold in the sprint, silver in the relay and team sprint and bronze in the 30km classic, adding to her team sprint bronze from Sochi 2014. Won seven World Championship medals in four consecutive appearances (2013-19), with two gold and five silver, including winning three in 2019 (two gold, one silver). World Cup sprint champion in 2019, after finishing second the previous two seasons (third and fourth the two years before that). Had 22 career World Cup wins, with 37 podiums in nine seasons.

2021 IBU Cup in Arber (Sprint - 99th, 69th)
2021 World Cup in Oestersund (Sprint - 26th, Pursuit - 22nd)

Mid-2019: Broke her rib preparing for the 2019/20 season and had to take a break for several weeks. Pain returned in the early part of the season and was diagnosed with a fatigue fracture. Decided to end her season early in February 2020.

Mid-2017: Minor infection that affected her capacity to train. Was forced to leave the national training camp and reduce her training workload.

March 2016: Illness caused her to miss the final World Cup stage of the season in Canmore.

2021

Began skiing when she could walk. At the end of March 2020, she announced that she would switch to biathlon for the 2020/21 season. She learned to shoot with coach Jean-Marc Chabloz (FRA), was immediately accepted into the A-team under the direction of Johannes Lukas (GER) and began training in Oestersund.

“I've always been curious about biathlon. In PyeongChang, the cross-country stadium was right next to the biathlon stadium. I thought to myself, 'At some point I'll have to try biathlon.' Five years ago I didn't think about going cross-country skiing until 2020 and then switching. I think the idea developed after PyeongChang and Seefeld in the following year. Those were such successful years and I experienced such beautiful moments emotionally that I didn't have the feeling that I could surpass them. I wanted to try something new. That was the trigger." (biathlonworld.com, 30 Sep 2021)

Competing in her first biathlon World Cup race in March 2021. “When I was allowed to debut at the World Cup finals, I finally felt that I had arrived in this world. It was fantastic and so entertaining to be able to compete in races with my idols." (sportnews.bz, 24 Apr 2021)

Cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla (SWE), three-time Olympic gold medallist and three-time world champion. (skidor.com, 14 Jun 2016)

"Enjoy life and do stuff that makes you happy." (fischersports.com, 19 Mar 2017)

Victoria Scholarship (2018)
Sixten Jernberg Award (2015)