Anna Holmlund


Anna Holmlund is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.

Career

Holmlund won 19 World Cup races and two overall World Cups up to 2016. She came sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.
During a practice run on 19 December 2016 in Innichen, Holmlund crashed and suffered head injuries with brain hemorrhages and facial fractures, including a diffuse axonal injury. Doctors put her in a medically induced coma in a hospital in Bolzano and a week later she was flown back to Sweden. In May 2017, the Swedish Ski Association announced that Holmlund had regained consciousness and had communicated with and recognised friends and family. In July 2017, she left the Danderyd hospital, where she had been treated, and returned to her hometown of Sundsvall.
In December 2017, Holmlund took her first steps since the accident. She made a return to the ski slopes in February 2018, when she took to the snow in a sit-ski for the first time. In April 2018, she made a return to competition by racing in a biski with the assistance of her brother Kalle: they won the women's class in a downhill race in Åre.
In early November 2018, Holmlund was announced as an ambassador for Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

World Cup podiums

SeasonDateLocationPlace
2009–201021 December 2009 Innichen, Italy1st
2009–201022 December 2009 Innichen, Italy1st
2009–201014 March 2010 Grindelwald, Switzerland1st
2009–201019 March 2010 Sierra Nevada, Spain1st
2010–201118 December 2010 Innichen, Italy1st
2010–201116 January 2011 Les Contamines, France3rd
2010–201129 January 2011 Grasgehren, Germany1st
2010–20116 March 2011 Meiringen, Switzerland1st
2010–201113 March 2011 Branäs, Sweden1st
2010–201119 March 2011 Voss, Norway1st
2012–20138 December 2012 Nakiska, Canada3rd
2012–201313 December 2012 Telluride, United States3rd
2012–201312 January 2013 Les Contamines, France2nd
2013–201421 December 2013 Innichen, Italy3rd
2014–201510 January 2015 Val Thorens, France2nd
2014–20156 February 2015 Arosa, Switzerland2nd
2014–20157 February 2015 Arosa, Switzerland2nd
2014–201515 February 2015 Åre, Sweden1st
2014–201521 February 2015 Tegernsee, Germany3rd
2014–201522 February 2015 Tegernsee, Germany1st
2014–201513 March 2015 Megeve, France1st
2014–201514 March 2015 Megeve, France1st
2015–20165 December 2015 Montafon, Austria2nd
2015–201611 December 2015 Val Thorens, France1st
2015–201612 December 2015 Val Thorens, France1st
2015–201619 December 2015 Innichen, Italy2nd
2015–201616 January 2016 Watles, Italy1st
2015–201617 January 2016 Watles, Italy2nd
2015–201623 January 2016 Nakiska, Alberta, Canada2nd
2015–201613 February 2016 :sv:Idre Fjäll|Idre Fjäll, Sweden1st
2015–201628 February 2016 Bokwang/Pyeongchang, South Korea3rd
2015–20164 March 2016 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland1st
2016–201710 December 2016 Val Thorens, France1st