Frida KARLSSON

10 Aug 1999
22
Female
SOLLEFTEA
 
Sweden
SOLLEFTEA
 
Sweden

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CCS Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Classic 12
Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon 5
Women's 4 x 5km Relay 3 Bronze

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Rel 4x5 km M Ladies2019Seefeld, AUT
2Skiathlon 7.5/7.5km C/F Ladies2021Oberstdorf, GER
210 km F Ladies2021Oberstdorf, GER
210 km C Ladies2019Seefeld, AUT
330 km C Mst Ladies2021Oberstdorf, GER
330 km F Mst Ladies2019Seefeld, AUT
5Skiathlon 7.5/7.5km C/F Ladies2019Seefeld, AUT
6Rel 4x5 km M Ladies2021Oberstdorf, GER
World Cup Rankings
SeasonDistanceAllSprint
2021/20221637
2020/2021121627
2019/20201522
2018/2019394041
Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
SeasonSP C10 km C10 km F10 km F Pursuit10 km C Mst10 km F Mst
2021/20221 x 6th1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 6th
2020/20211 x 13th1 x 9th
2019/20201 x 4th1 x 9th
2018/20191 x 7th
Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km
Season30 km C Mst
2019/20201 x 1st
Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season4x5 km Mst R
2021/20221 x 2nd
2019/20201 x 3rd
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocation
110 km C2021/2022Ruka, FIN
110 km F2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR
24x5 km Mst R2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR
310 km F2021/2022Davos, SUI
610 km F Pursuit2021/2022Ruka, FIN
6SP C2021/2022Ruka, FIN
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Golf.

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Athlete

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High school diploma.

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Partner, William Poromaa. Father, Leif Medin. Mother, Ann-Marie "Mia" Karlsson (also her manager). Sisters, Fanny and Hannah.

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Swedish, English

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Solleftea Skidor IF (Solleftea, SWE)

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Personal: Per Nilsson (SWE)

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Partner William Poromaa (Cross-country skiing): Made his World Cup debut in 2019 in Falun. Had four top-10 finishes at two World Junior Championships (2019-20) and four top-12 finishes at the 2021 World Ski Championships.

Mother Ann-Marie "Mia" Karlsson (Cross-country skiing): Won a silver medal at the 1988 Junior World Championships (5km) and competed at the Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games.

Sister Fanny Karlsson (Football/soccer): Played at Anderson University in South Carolina (USA) (2017-2021).

Aunt (mother's sister): CEO of the famous Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon.

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Athletics: Finished seventh in the 3000m at the U18 European Championships in 2016 in Tbilisi (GEO) in a time of 9:53.34. (European Athletics)
Football: Played in the Swedish women's second division for Remsle UIF FF. (Aftonbladet.se, Mar 2019)

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2019: World Cup in Cogne (10km - 7th)

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December 2020: Fell off a door frame when doing pull-ups in a hotel room during the Tour de Ski and injured her ribs.

November 2019: Was pulled out of competition by the national federation due to failure to pass a health check. Worked together with personal coach Per Nilsson and mental coach Stig Wiklund together with national team medical team to return back to competition in February 2020.

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2018

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Chose cross-country skiing over football and running when starting high school due to strong endurance capabilities. (Aftonbladet.se, Mar 2019)

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"Winning Olympic gold. Becoming the absolute best that I can be." (Athlete, Jun 2021)

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Tends to train a lot and hard, often with partner William Poromaa. (expressen.se, Jul 2020)

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Gold medal in the women's relay at the Seefeld 2019 World Ski Championships. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

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Cross-country skier Petter Northug (NOR), two-time Olympic and 13-time World champion. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

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11 jumps before start. Tongue out while racing. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Legend
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Bronze
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Gold Medal Event
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