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Stina Nilsson

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Stina Nilsson, born on 24 June 1993, is a Swedish former biathlete and former cross-country skier. As a cross-country skier she won five Olympic medals, including the 2018 Olympic gold in the individual sprint at Pyeongchang, and in 2019 she won her first World Championships golds in the classical team sprint and the relay. In March 2020 she announced a switch to biathlon, spent most of 2020-21 in the IBU Cup, scored her first World Cup points in Östersund in March 2021 and won the Swedish summer biathlon championships ahead of the Öberg sisters. She reached her first individual biathlon World Cup podium, third in the sprint at Kontiolahti, in March 2022 and was the last athlete named to the Swedish team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where she did not start. In April 2024 she returned to cross-country skiing and won the Vasaloppet in 2025.

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1993 1
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is a Swedish former biathlete and former cross-country skier
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    born 24 June 1993
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    She is a five-time Olympic medalist
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    is a Swedish former biathlete and former cross-country skier
  • Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, 2013-14: First Olympic medal and World Cup podium
    Nilsson and Ida Ingemarsdotter, won bronze medals together in the team sprint at the Olympic Games in Sochi
  • Competed In: 2018 Winter Olympics, 2017-18: Four Olympic medals
    Nilsson won four medals at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang
  • Competed In: 2022 Winter Olympics, 2021-22
    She was named as the last athlete into the Swedish biathlon team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, her first as a biathlete
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