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Anja Paerson

Alpine Skiing

Sweden

Sweden

Birthdate:
April 25, 1981
Height:
5' 7"
Weight:
179 pounds
Age:
28

Alpine Skiing

Date Round Result
02/24 Women's Giant Slalom Final Rankings   2:10.96 (6th)
02/24 Women's Giant Slalom 2nd Run   1:09.89 (14th)
02/24 Women's Giant Slalom 1st Run   1:01.07 (2nd)
02/22 Women's Slalom Final Rankings Gold Medal 1:29.04 (1st)
02/22 Women's Slalom 2nd Run   46.66 (2nd)
02/22 Women's Slalom 1st Run   42.38 (1st)
02/20 Ladies' Super-G   1:33.88 (12th)
02/17 Women's Combined Final Rankings Bronze Medal 2:51.63 (3rd)
02/18 Ladies' Combined Downhill   1:29.57 (2nd)
02/17 Women's Combined Slalom 2nd Run   43.31 (4th)
02/17 Women's Combined Slalom 1st Run   38.75 (3rd)
02/15 Women's Downhill Final Rankings Bronze Medal 1:57.13 (3rd)

Notes

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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Alpine Skiing

Gold Silver Medal TOTAL
Austria AUSTRIA 4 5 5 14
Sweden SWEDEN 1 0 3 4
Croatia CROATIA 1 2 0 3
Switzerland SWITZERLAND 0 1 2 3
United States UNITED STATES 2 0 0 2
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