Ebba Årsjö
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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 2001 Oskarshamn Municipality, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | LW4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ebba Årsjö (born 12 January 2001) is a Swedish para alpine skier. She is a five-time Paralympic gold medalist.
Career
Årsjö competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships where she won gold medals in the slalom, and parallel event.[1]
She competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won gold medals in the super combined and slalom standing events. She also won the bronze medal in the downhill standing event.[2][3][4] In 2022, she received the Victoria Award.[5]
On 9 November 2022, she announced she would no longer compete in downhill skiing.[6]
During the 2023–24 FIS Para Alpine Ski World Cup she won the overall crystal globe.[7]
She competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the downhill standing event with a time of 1:22.00.[8] She also won a bronze medal in the super-G standing event with a time of 1:17.64.[9] She then went on to win a further two gold medals in the giant slalom and super combined.[10]
Personal life
She was born with Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome which resulted in muscle reduction in her right leg.[11]
Årsjö's uncle, Johannes Årsjö, is a former strongman.[12]
References
- ^ "World Cup with World Championships feeling for home star Ebba Aarsjoe". paralympic.org. 27 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Ebba Årsjö". paralympics.se. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (5 March 2022). "Slovakia's Farkašová wins first gold medal of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Skier Mollie Jepsen speeds to Canada's 1st gold medal of Beijing Paralympics". CBC. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Eliott Brennan (8 June 2022). "Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Björn Nordling (9 November 2022). "Ebba Årsjö slutar med störtlopp" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Nils Rahm (25 March 2024). "Ebba Årsjö vinner totala världscupen för första gången" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Alpint: Guld till Ebba Årsjö i störtlopp: "Prestation av klass"". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 7 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Paralympics-brons till Ebba Årsjö i super-G – slagen av ryska". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 9 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Winter Paralympics 2026: Ebba Årsjö makes "Little Ebba" proud with third gold in four races". Olympics. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Ebba Årsjö". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Knowles, Ed (10 March 2022). "Ebba Aarsjoe: Lindsey Vonn, having a strongman uncle, and overcoming pain". olympics.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.