Matts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a Swedish former

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

alpine ski racer who raced in the giant slalom discipline. Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the

super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...

. Matts Olsson won his first

competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in

Parallel Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the ...

. Olsson defeated

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of ...

in the semi-final and

Henrik Kristoffersen Henrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, World Champion, and Olympic medalist. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Career Born in Rælingen in Akershus county, Kristoff ...

in the final. The victory was Sweden's first World Cup win in Parallel Giant Slalom. On 14 March 2020, Olsson announced his retirement from the sport following the 2019–2020 season.

World cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 win – (1 PG) * 4 podiums – (3 GS, 1 PG)

World Championships results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Matts Olsson
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *

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