Frida Westman (born 10 January 2001) is a Swedish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. She was the first Swedish female ski jumper at an Olympic Games. Westman has the best finish by any Swedish female ski jumper at a

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internation ...

event.

Career

Westman competes for

IF Friska Viljor Idrottsföreningen Friska Viljor is a Swedish ski jumping and Nordic combined club from Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County. It formerly offered more sports. A football club named Friska Viljor FC was separated from IF Friska Viljor in Februar ...

, and has been coached by

Andreas Arén Andreas Arén (born 28 November 1985) is a Swedish ski jumper who has competed since 2003. Born in Falun, Aren made his debut during the Ski Jumping World Cup meeting in Lahti. He finished in the 67th position and he didn't gain a single point. ...

and Isak Grimholm. In 2015, Westman won the Swedish Youth Championship 55 metre hill event. In 2019, she suffered two

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injuries. In September 2020, she won two Norway Cup events in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

. In February 2021, she made her

debut in an event in

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, Germany. She finished 35th in the competition. At the 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup summer event in

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, Norway, she finished fifth. At the

2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 25th official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in November in Nizhny Tagil, Russia ...

, Westman finished 18th in the event in

Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population: History The prehistor ...

, Russia. It was the best ever result for a Swedish women at a World Cup event. The weekend after, she finished 13th in an event in Lillehammer, Norway, and she later came 10th in the event in

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, Austria. Westman was selected for the

. She was the first Swedish female ski jumper at any Olympics, and the first Swedish ski jumper of any gender since

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

. She finished 16th overall in the normal hill event. Later in the month, she finished ninth in the training competition prior to the World Cup event in

Aigner-Schanze Aigner-Schanze, officially called Energie AG-Skisprung Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a ski jumping venue located in Hinzenbach, Austria. It hosts the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Women's Ski Jumping World Cup and the FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumpin ...

, Austria, and finished fourth in the two competitive events at that location. In April 2022, Westman was critical of the

Federation Internationale de Ski The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the ...

for not allowing women to compete in

ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ra ...

. She came second in a 2022–23 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup summer event in

, Norway.

Personal life

Westman is from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. She now lives in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, Norway, having moved to the country in August 2019 to attend a school focused on ski jumping. Her father

Magnus Westman Magnus Westman (born 9 August 1966) is a Swedish ski jumper. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. His daughter Frida ''Frida'' is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Julie Taymor which depi ...

competed in ski jumping at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

and

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westman, Frida 2001 births Living people Swedish female ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Sweden People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Sportspeople from Västernorrland County Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway