Anna-Carin Olofsson
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Anna Carin Helena Cecilia Zidek (née Olofsson, born 1 April 1973) is a
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former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
. Originally a
cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
, Olofsson competed at the
2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
, but in the three events she took part in she made the top 30 only once (15 km freestyle), and the following season she switched to biathlon. On 3 May 2008 Olofsson married her then boyfriend, Tom Zidek - a serviceman in the Canadian biathlon team - in a ceremony near Canmore,
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. Olofsson officially announced her retirement on 16 July 2011.


Biathlon World Cup placings

(Retired 16 July 2011)


Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).


Olympic Games


World Cup


Season standings


References


External links


Official website

IBU Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zidek, Anna Carin 1973 births Living people People from Härjedalen Municipality Cross-country skiers from Jämtland County Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Sweden Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden Swedish female cross-country skiers Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Swedish female biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics 21st-century Swedish women