15 Facts About Stina Nilsson

Stina Nilsson was born on 24 June 1993 and is a Swedish former biathlete and former cross-country skier.

Stina Nilsson is a five-time Olympic medalist and the 2018 Olympic champion in the individual sprint.

Stina Nilsson finished 23rd in her World Cup debut in Drammen on 7 March 2012.

At the 2013 Junior World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, Stina Nilsson defended her gold medal in the sprint.

Stina Nilsson won four medals at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Stina Nilsson started the season off successfully, but injured her thigh in an extreme finish line stretch at the Otepaa sprint event.

Stina Nilsson managed to recover just in time to return to competition at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld, where she started her campaign with a silver medal in the freestyle sprint.

Stina Nilsson's success continued for the rest of the season and included a distance win at the World Cup finals in Quebec.

Stina Nilsson won the Sprint World Cup for the first time in her career.

Stina Nilsson suffered a rib injury in the summer, but started the season with stable results, including 2nd places in the sprint and team sprint in Planica.

Stina Nilsson soon decided to end her season early after the recovery training proved to have been too heavy.

Stina Nilsson left cross-country skiing as one of Sweden's most decorated skiers of the 2010s.

In March 2021, Stina Nilsson was selected to the Swedish team at their home World Cup competitions in Ostersund, Sweden.

Stina Nilsson managed to perform well events, placing 26th in the sprint and 22nd in the pursuit, thus collecting her first world cup points already in her very first competitions in the Biathlon World Cup.

Stina Nilsson was named as the last athlete into the Swedish biathlon team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, her first as a biathlete.