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Anja Paerson
Events
Alpine Skiing Date Final rank
Women's Downhill 2/15, 12pm 3
Women's Slalom 2/22, 2:45pm 1
Women's Giant Slalom 2/24, 9:30am 6
Women's Super G 2/20, 2:45pm 12
Women's Combined 2/17, 5pm 3
Bio

Country: Sweden

Age: 24

Date of Birth: April 25, 1981

Hometown: Tarnaby, Sweden

Height: 5-5

Weight: 172

Events: Downhill, Combined, Super-G, Giant Slalom, Slalom

Previous Olympics: 2002 at Salt Lake City - silver in giant slalom, bronze in slalom.

World Championships: 2004-05 - Gold in super-G and giant slalom; silver in combined; 7th in downhill. 2002-03 - gold in giant slalom; 4th in the slalom. 2000-01 - gold in slalom; bronze in giant slalom.

World Cup: 2005-06 - has five World Cup race wins, including two in slalom (Aspen, Colo., and Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic), one in giant slalom at Linz, Austria, a downhill at Bad Kleinkirchen, Austria, and a super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; two-time defending World Cup overall champion; has finished no lower than 5th in overall standings since 2002; has more than 30 career World Cup race wins, 75 podiums and more than 110 career World Cup top 10 finishes; World Cup giant slalom titles 2003-04; 2004 World Cup slalom title.

Other career highlights: Won four junior world titles in the giant slalom and slalom (two in each) from 1998-2000.


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