Lina Andersson

Lina Andersson is a Swedish cross-country skier, born on 18 March 1981 in Malmberget, who has competed at international level since 1998. She is best known as an Olympic champion in the team sprint, which she won with her teammate Anna Dahlberg at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where she also finished eleventh in the individual sprint. At the Nordic World Ski Championships she collected three medals, silver in the individual sprint in 2005 and silver in the team sprint in 2009, plus bronze in the 4 x 5 kilometre relay in 2009. Across all levels she has nineteen individual victories at various distances since 1999, and her World Cup record includes two wins and seven podiums.