Ebba Årsjö
Swedish para alpine skier (born 2001)
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Ebba Årsjö (born 12 January 2001) is a Swedish para alpine skier. She is a five-time Paralympic gold medalist.
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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 2001 Oskarshamn Municipality, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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]
During the 2023–24 FIS Para Alpine Ski World Cup she won the overall crystal globe.[7]
She competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the downhill standing event with a time of 1:22.00.[8] She also won a bronze medal in the super-G standing event with a time of 1:17.64.[9] She then went on to win a further two gold medals in the giant slalom and super combined.[10]
Personal life
She was born with Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome which resulted in muscle reduction in her right leg.[11]
Årsjö's uncle, Johannes Årsjö, is a former strongman.[12]
