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Sandra Näslund

Sandra Catrin Näslund (born 6 July 1996) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing.[1][2] She is the 2022 ski cross Olympic champion, the 2017, 2021 and 2023 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2026 ski cross World Cups, and the overall winner of the 2018 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup.

Sandra Näslund
Sandra Näslund during February 2016 World Cup competitions in Idre Fjäll, Sweden
Personal information
Born (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 29)
Kramfors, Sweden
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Sweden
SportSkiing
ClubKramfors Alpina
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (2012–present)
Indiv. starts128
Indiv. podiums78
Indiv. wins50
Team starts2
Team podiums2
Team wins1
Overall titles1 – (2018)
Discipline titles5 – Ski cross (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2026)
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSki cross
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano CortinaSki cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Sierra NevadaSki cross
Gold medal – first place2021 IdreSki cross
Gold medal – first place2023 BakurianiSki cross
Gold medal – first place2023 BakurianiMixed team ski cross
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Val ThorensSki cross
Gold medal – first place2017 Chiesa in ValmalencoSki cross
Silver medal – second place2014 Chiesa in ValmalencoSki cross
Updated on 10 April 2026

Career

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Näslund made her Freestyle World Cup debut in March 2012. As of the 2025–26 season, she has won the Ski cross World Cup five times and has won a total of 50 individual World Cup races.[1]

Näslund competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Sweden. She finished 10th in the seeding run for the ski cross event. In the first round, she won in her heat, advancing. In the quarterfinals, she finished second, again advancing. She failed to finish her semi-final, ending up in the B final, which she won, to secure 5th place.[3][4]

She became Sweden's first world champion in ski cross when she won the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada.[5]

During the 2017–2018 season, she won both the skicross and the freestyle skiing world cups for women.[6]

Näslund injured her right knee during practice, in November 2020, before the World Cup season premiere in Arosa. She spent the following eleven weeks rehabilitating her injury, before making her season debut at the World Championships in Idre.[7] Näslund placed second in the qualification run and three days later she won each of the elimination heats, including the big final, to claim her second World Championships gold medal.[citation needed]

Näslund won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she won the qualification run and each of the following elimination heats, including the big final, becoming the first Swedish skier to win the Ski cross event.[8][9] Näslund also dominated the Ski cross World Cup over the 2021–22 season, winning eleven out of twelve races.[citation needed]

She won the bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[10]

Personal life

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Näslund is openly lesbian.[11]

World Cup results

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Season titles

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Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Ski cross Cross
Alps Tour
2011–121516944N/A
2012–131612226N/A
2013–1417225N/A
2014–15188921N/A
2015–1619144N/A
2016–1720725
2017–1821111
2018–1922421
2019–2023211
2020–2124N/A8injured: did
not compete
2021–2225N/A11
2022–2326N/A11
2023–2427N/A11N/A
2024–2528N/A30N/A
2025–2629N/A1N/A

Ski cross individual victories

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  • 50 wins
  • 78 podiums
Season
Date Location
2016–2017
2 victories		 14 January 2017Italy Watles, Italy
11 February 2017Sweden Idre, Sweden
2017–2018
7 victories		 7 December 2017France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2017Switzerland Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
22 December 2017Italy Innichen, Italy
13 January 2018Sweden Idre, Sweden
14 January 2018Sweden Idre, Sweden
20 January 2018Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
4 March 2018Russia Sunny Valley, Russia
2018–2019
3 victories		 22 December 2018Italy Innichen, Italy
16 February 2019Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
17 February 2019Germany Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019–2020
3 victories		 6 December 2019France Val Thorens, France
18 January 2020Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
26 January 2020Sweden Idre, Sweden
2020–2021
2 victories		 19 February 2021Austria Reiteralm, Austria
21 March 2021Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2021–2022
11 victories		 27 November 2021China Secret Garden, China
11 December 2021France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2021France Val Thorens, France
19 December 2021Italy Innichen, Italy
20 December 2021Italy Innichen, Italy
14 January 2022Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
15 January 2022Canada Nakiska, Alberta, Canada
22 January 2022Sweden Idre, Sweden
23 January 2022Sweden Idre, Sweden
13 March 2022Austria Reiteralm, Austria
19 March 2022Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland
2022–2023
9 victories		 8 December 2022France Val Thorens, France
9 December 2022France Val Thorens, France
12 December 2022Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland
21 December 2022Italy Innichen, Italy
22 December 2022Italy Innichen, Italy
21 January 2023Sweden Idre, Sweden
22 January 2023Sweden Idre, Sweden
16 February 2023Austria Reiteralm, Austria
17 February 2023Austria Reiteralm, Austria
2023–2024
2 victories
7 December 2023France Val Thorens
21 December 2023Italy Innichen
2025–2026
11 victories
11 December 2025France Val Thorens
12 December 2025
16 December 2025Switzerland  Arosa
21 December 2025Italy Innichen, Italy
23 January 2026Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland
27 February 2026Serbia Kopaonik, Serbia
28 February 2026
12 March 2026Austria Montafon, Austria
22 March 2026Canada Craigleith, Canada
28 March 2026Sweden Gällivare, Sweden
29 March 2026

Ski cross mixed team victories

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  • 1 win
  • 2 podiums
Season
Date Location Teammate
2021–2022 15 December 2021Switzerland Arosa, Graubünden, SwitzerlandDavid Mobärg

World Championship results

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Year
Age Ski cross Team Ski cross
20131614N/a
201518injured: did
not compete		N/a
2017201N/a
2019229N/a
2021241N/a
20232611
202528injured: did
not compete		injured: did
not compete

Olympic results

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Year
Age Ski cross
2014175
2018214
2022251
2026293

References

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  1. 1 2 Federation, International Ski and Snowboard. "FIS | Sandra NAESLUND - Athlete Biography - Freestyle". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Federation, International Ski and Snowboard. "FIS | Sandra NAESLUND - Athlete Biography - Alpine Skiing". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Erik Nilson (18 March 2017). "Dubbla svenska VM-guld i skicross". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Camilla Westin (17 March 2018). "Sandra Näslund vinner världscupen i skicross och freestylecupen" (in Swedish). Örnsköldsviks allehanda. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Samuel Abrahamsson, Björn Becksmo (12 February 2021). "Sandra Näslund: "Är här för att slåss om medaljerna"" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Beijing Winter Olympics: Sweden's Sandra Naeslund wins women's ski cross final, takes home gold". wionews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Winter Olympics 2022: Sandra Naeslund claims skicross gold, ends Canada's reign". Fox News. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Winter Olympics 2026: Daniela Maier claims freestyle skiing women’s ski cross gold. Sandra Näslund wins bronze olympics.com. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record". Outsports. 26 January 2022.
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