Ida Nilsson (runner)

Ida Nilsson, born 8 February 1981, is a Swedish long-distance runner who also competes in ski mountaineering. From 2003 to 2006 she won a total of ten gold medals in Swedish championships in track and field and cross country running, plus two NCAA gold medals. After many years away from training she won the Swedish championship in ski mountaineering in 2016 and a couple of months later won the Transvulcania ultramarathon. She comes from Kalmar in southern Sweden and grew up in a sports family in which her father and mother competed at an elite level and two brothers and a sister have belonged to the Swedish national team in athletics. She studied at Northern Arizona University from 2001 to 2005, won the 2004 NCAA outdoor 3000 m steeplechase title and the 2005 indoor 5000 m, and was inducted into the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks hall of fame.