Thea Louise Stjernesund

Thea Louise Stjernesund
Personal information
Full nameThea Louise Stjernesund
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Norway
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom
ClubHakadal IL
World Cup debut27 October 2018 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20192026)
Wins0
Podiums5 – (4 GS, 1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2023 and 2025)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in GS, 2025)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
2026 Milano Cortina Giant slalom
2022 Beijing Team event
World Championships
2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event
2023 Méribel Team event
2023 Méribel Parallel

Thea Louise Stjernesund (born 24 November 1996) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

Competing at the 2016 and 2017 Junior World Championships, her best individual result was eighth in giant slalom, but she also won a mixed team bronze medal in 2016.

Stjernesund made her World Cup debut in October 2018 in the season opener at Sölden, and collected her first points with a ninth-place finish. Her second-best result during the season was twelfth place in Andorra in March. She was eighteenth in the giant slalom and fifth in the team event at the World Championships in February.[2]

She represents the sports club Hakadal IL.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2019 22 49 52 13 N/a
2020 23 44 27 24 14
2021 24 54 26 N/a 6
2022 25 35 27 17
2023 26 20 14 10 N/a
2024 27 25 33 7
2025 28 20 43 4
2026 29 31 39 8

Race podiums

  • 0 wins
  • 5 podiums – (4 GS, 1 PG), 34 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2022 13 November 2021 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 2nd
2023 19 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom 2nd
2024 17 March 2024 Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
2025 21 February 2025 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 3rd
2026 29 November 2025 Copper Mountain, United States Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Parallel Team
 event 
2019 22 18 N/a N/a 5
2021 24 22 DNS2 DNQ 1
2023 26 13 8 3 2
2025 28 DNF1 4 N/a N/a 7

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Team event
2022 25 15 6 N/a 3
2026 29 DNF1 2 N/a N/a

References

  1. ^ "Thea Louise STJERNESUND". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Thea Louise Stjernesund at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation