Matts Olsson

Matts Olsson
Personal information
Born (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 36)
Karlstad, Sweden
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom
ClubValfjällets SLK
World Cup debut28 October 2007 (age 18)
Retired2 March 2020 (age 31)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2007, 2011–2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2008–15, 2017–2020)
Wins1 – (1 PG)
Podiums4 – (3 GS, 1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (27th in 2018)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in GS, 2018)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team event

Matts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who raced in the giant slalom discipline.

Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom,[1] and 24th in the super-G.[2]

Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel giant slalom.[3] Olsson defeated Marcel Hirscher in the semi-final and Henrik Kristoffersen in the final. The victory was Sweden's first World Cup win in Parallel giant slalom.

On 14 March 2020, Olsson announced his retirement from the sport following the 2019–2020 season.[4]

World cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2009 20 145 — 50 — — —
2010 21 0 points
2011 22 63 — 13 — — 42
2012 23 65 — 21 — — —
2013 24 79 — 26 — — —
2014 25 47 — 13 — — —
2015 26 73 — 22 — — —
2016 27 injured
2017 28 34 — 8 — — —
2018 29 27 — 5 — — —
2019 30 29 — 6 — — —
2020 31 79 — 21 — — —

Race podiums

  • 1 win – (1 PG)
  • 4 podiums – (3 GS, 1 PG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017 29 Jan 2017 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom 2nd
4 Mar 2017 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
2018 18 Dec 2017 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Parallel-G 1st
2019 8 Dec 2018 France Val d'Isere, France Giant slalom 3rd

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 18 — — 28 36 —
2009 20
2011 22 — 18 24 — —
2013 24 — 18 32 — —
2015 26 — 5 — — —
2017 28 — 6 — — —
2019 30 — 16 — — —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 25 — 14 — — —
2018 29 — 10 — — —

References

  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ "World Cup Alta Badia (ITA)".
  4. ^ Daniel Grefve (14 March 2020). "Matts Olsson lägger av". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.