Stina Nilsson Wiki: 5 Facts To Know About 2018 Olympics Gold Medalist Skier

Stina Nilsson, a Swedish Cross-country ski star, was born in 1993, in Sweden. She began skiing as soon as she could walk. She finished 23rd in her World Cup debut in Drammen on March 7, 2012 when she won the gold medal in the sprint event at the 2012 Junior World Championship in Erzurum, Turkey. The year after, she defended the gold medal in Liberec. During the 2016–2017 season she ended up overall in third in the Tour de Ski. In the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Nilsson won a gold medal in individual sprint. She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in 4'5 km relay. In the same Winter Olympics, she also won a bronze medal in the 30 km classical event. Stina Nilsson won a bronze medal in team sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She won three silver medals in the 2015 World Championships in Falun in individual sprint, team sprint and 4*5 km relay. She also won a silver medal in the 2017 World Championships in Lahti in 4*5 km relay. Stina Nilsson won a gold medal in individual sprint in 2012 Junior World Championships in Erzurum. She won two gold medals, one in individual sprint and one in 4'3.3 km relay at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Liberec. She also won a gold medal in the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival in Liberec in individual sprint. Nick-named as Silver-Stina, Nilsson enjoys cooking apart from Cross-country skiing and she's proficient in speaking Swedish. She trained in the club IFK Mora SK in Sweden under coach Ole Morten Iversen and national level coach Rikard Grip. In mid-2017 she was forced to leave the national training camp and reduce her training workload due to a minor infection that affected her capacity to train. In March 2016 she missed the final World Cup event of the 2015/16 season in Canmore, AB, Canada, because of illness. She considers Swedish cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla her hero and she looks to her for inspiration when she's on the slopes. Charlotte Kalla has been competing at the international level since the 2003–04 season and she won the first Olympic gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the skiathlon event. Anna Haag and Ida Ingemarsdotter are her friends who are skiers too. They compete together in the Olympics and other competitions and one can find a lot of photos of Nillson, Haag and Ingemarsdotter, together, both on and off the slopes.

The net worth of skier Stina Nilsson is currently under review.