Ebba Årsjö

Ebba Årsjö (born 12 January 2001) is a Swedish para alpine skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Ebba Årsjö
Årsjö in 2023
Personal information
Born (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001
Sport
Country Sweden
SportAlpine skiing
DisabilityKlippel–Trénaunay syndrome
Disability classLW4
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Women's para alpine skiing
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSuper combined standing
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSlalom standing
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingDownhill standing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 LillehammerSlalom
Gold medal – first place2021 LillehammerParallel event
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaSuper-G
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaSlalom
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaGiant slalom
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaAlpine combined

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]

Personal life

She was born with Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome which resulted in muscle reduction in her right leg.[7]

References
  1. "World Cup with World Championships feeling for home star Ebba Aarsjoe". paralympic.org. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. "Ebba Årsjö". paralympics.se. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. Burke, Patrick (5 March 2022). "Slovakia's Farkašová wins first gold medal of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. "Skier Mollie Jepsen speeds to Canada's 1st gold medal of Beijing Paralympics". CBC. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. Eliott Brennan (8 June 2022). "Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. Björn Nordling (9 November 2022). "Ebba Årsjö slutar med störtlopp" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. "Ebba Årsjö". paralympic.org. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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