Moa OLSSON

Sweden

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VANSBRO

Birth Country:

Sweden

Residence: OSTERSUND

Residence Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	45

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Sprint	Distance
2021/2022	42		20
2020/2021	70	52	89
2019/2020	103		70

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Season	SP C	SP F	0.2km F	1.5km F	2.5km C	10km C	10km F	10km P	13km P	15km F
2021/22						1 x 12nd	1 x 16th	1 x 3rd
2020/21	1 x 25th	1 x 18th				1 x 32nd	1 x 29th	1 x 36th
2019/20	1 x 51st		2 x 16th	1 x 3rd	1 x 3rd		1 x 5th		1 x 1st	1 x 20th
2018/19							1 x 44th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

Season	4x5km M
2021/22	1 x 2nd
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
2	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
3	10 km F Pursuit Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
12	10 km C Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
16	10 km F Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR

Hobbies:

Cooking and spending time in the mountains with her family. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studying to become a teacher. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Family:

Father, Christer. Mother, Ann. Brother, Andreas. Sister, Ida. Fiance, Fredrik.

Languages spoken:

Swedish, English

Club name:

Falun Borlange SK (Falun, SWE)

Coach:

National: Stefan Thomson (SWE)
Personal: Mattias Persson (SWE)

Other sports:

Football: Part of regional elite team, but chose skiing at the start of high school. (moaolsson.se)

Debut:

2019 World Cup in Ulricehamn (10km - 44th)

Injuries:

August 2020: Luxating patella, so the autumn did not turn out as she had hoped and was only really able to start training in October 2021.
High school age: Foot surgery. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

National team:

2014

Start:

Her mother took her to ski club training. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Reason:

Many of her friends skied. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Ambition:

Giving it all to see how far she can go. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Relay medal with her club. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Hero:

Cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen (NOR), 15-time Olympic cross-country ski medallist (eight gold, four silver, three bronze) - the most-decorated Winter Olympian in history; 18-time world champion. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Influence:

Her own personal development. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Philosophy:

Have fun and be patient. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

General Interest

IN GUNDE SVAN'S FOOTSTEPS
Hails from the same town, Vansbro, as Gunde Svan, one of the Swedish cross-country legends. Has trained hours on end on his tracks and together in the same club with Gunde's children where he and his wife Marie are actively involved. (aftonbladet.se, Dec 2020)

Milestones

Competed at three Junior World Championships (2015-17), producing three top-10 finishes (one individual of 10th in skiathlon, two relays).

At two U23 World Championships, sixth is her top result (15km in 2020).

Best World Cup finish is 22nd in 2020 in the 10km (Falun).

Completed her first Tour de Ski in 2021 in 36th place.

Has won a medal of every colour at the National Junior Championships with one gold (2014 skiathlon), two silvers (2017 15km and sprint), one bronze (2016 5km free).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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