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competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

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, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The

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(

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: ''Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK'') sent 106 athletes to the Games, 61 men and 45 women, to compete in nine sports. 38 of the 98 events had Swedish participation. The youngest athlete in the delegation was freestyle skier

Sandra Näslund Sandra Catrin Näslund (born 6 July 1996) is a Swedish freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and alpine skiing. She is the 2022 ski cross Olympic champion, the 2017, 2021 and 2023 ski cross World Champion, winner of the 2018, 2020, 2022, and ...

, at 17 years old, while ice hockey player

Daniel Alfredsson Daniel Alfredsson (; born 11 December 1972) is a Swedish-Canadian former professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the ...

was the oldest athlete at 41. Alfredsson competed in his fifth Olympics, and he thus became the first Swedish ice hockey player that has participated in five Olympic tournaments. 55 athletes were Olympic debutants. Sweden won 15 medals in total, making the Sochi games Sweden's most successful Winter Games ever in terms of medals. However, the number of gold medals (2) was lower than in the two previous Winter Games.

Medalists

Summary

On 8 February, the first competition day, cross-country skier

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi ...

won the first Swedish medal at the Games. She won the silver medal in the women's 15 km skiathlon event, finishing behind Norway's

Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W ...

. Snowboarder

Sven Thorgren Sven Thorgren (born 4 October 1994) is a Swedish snowboarder who competes in slopestyle. He started snowboarding when he was seven years old. He practiced every day after school on a small mountain called Väsjöbacken. Thorgren qualified for t ...

finished in fourth place in the men's slopestyle, just 1.25 points behind the bronze medalist. The second medal came the second day, 9 February. Defending Olympic champion

Marcus Hellner Carl Marcus Joakim Hellner (born 25 November 1985) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2018. He retired at the end of the 2017-18 FIS World Cup season. Athletic career Hellner had a total of seven victories in ...

won the silver medal in the men's 30 km skiathlon behind gold medalist

Dario Cologna Dario Cologna (born 11 March 1986) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has four overall World Cup victories, four Olympic gold medals, one World Championships gold medal and four Tour de Ski victories in his career. On 3 November 2021, he announc ...

of Switzerland. After a chaotic cross-country sprint final on 11 February,

Teodor Peterson Teodor Anders Peterson (born 1 May 1988 in Umeå) is a Swedish former cross-country skier that had sprint as his best discipline. Career He debuted in the World Cup on 7 March 2009 in Lahti in the 2008–09 season. Peterson made his breakthrou ...

and

Emil Jönsson Emil Jönsson Haag (born 15 August 1985) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who competed between 2004 and 2018. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the individual sprint event. He has twelve World Cup ...

could pinch a medal each, silver and bronze respective. It was Sweden's third and fourth medal at the Games, all won in cross-country skiing. Marcus Hellner also participated in the final, but finished in sixth place after a fall. In the women's final,

Ida Ingemarsdotter Ida Maria Erika Ingemarsdotter (born 26 April, 1985) is a Swedish cross-country skiing coach and former skier who competed between 2003 and 2019. Skiing career Ingemarsdotter has a total of five individual victories at various levels up to 15&n ...

finished fifth. Another fifth place was obtained by

Emma Dahlström Emma Dahlström (born 19 July 1992) is a Swedish freestyle skier. Dahlström competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was 112th at the 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup. She won a silver medal in the slopestyle event during the FIS Fre ...

, in the women's slopestyle final. On 13 February, Charlotte Kalla won her second silver medal of the games, outraced only by gold medal winner

Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour de Ski four ...

in the women's 10 km classical.

Henrik Harlaut Henrik Harlaut (born 14 August 1991) is a Swedish freestyle skier. He was born in Stockholm and moved with his family to Åre at the age of nine. At the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado, Harlaut won the gold medal in Big Air and the silver ...

finished 6th in the men's slopestyle. On 14 February, Johan Olsson and

Daniel Richardsson Jan Olof Daniel Rickardsson (born 15 March 1982) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who started competing in 2002. Athletic career His best World Cup finish in 2008 was second in two in 4 × 10 km relay events. Rickardsson also com ...

added yet another silver medal, as well as another bronze medal, to the Swedish cross-country team's medal tally in the men's 15 km classical. Richardsson edged

Iivo Niskanen Iivo Henrik Niskanen (born 12 January 1992) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a three-time Olympic champion. Career Iivo Niskanen made his individual World Cup debut on 12 Marc ...

of Finland by two tenths of a second to win the bronze. 15 February saw Sweden's first gold medal as Charlotte Kalla overcame a 25-second deficit in the fourth leg of the women's relay, and raced past

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of Finland and

Denise Herrmann Denise Herrmann-Wick (née Herrmann, born 20 December 1988) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She won gold at 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's individual, won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2019 – Women's pursuit an ...

of Germany in the home stretch. In

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, Sweden's women's team qualified for the semi-finals after defeating

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with 4–2 in the quarterfinal. The second gold medal came on 16 February, as Marcus Hellner completed a strong team effort in the men's relay, crossing the finish line almost half a minute ahead of silver medalists Russia. Sweden's men's curling team qualified for the semi-finals after finishing with an 8–1 record in the round robin. On 17 February, Sweden's women's ice hockey team lost their semifinal against

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with 6–1. Sweden's women's curling team qualified for the semifinals after finishing with a 7–2 record in the round robin. On 18 February,

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Maria Pietilä Holmner Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner took up alpine skiing at the age of seven. ...

finished 6th in women's giant slalom. Fredrik Lindström also finished 6th, in the men's mass start event in

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

. Sweden gained two bronze medals on 19 February, when the team sprint finals were conducted.

Stina Nilsson Stina Nilsson (born 24 June 1993) is a Swedish biathlete and former cross-country skier. She is a five-time Olympic medalist and the 2018 Olympic champion in the individual sprint. In March 2020 she announced that she would switch to competing in ...

overtook

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skier

in the home stretch to secure her and

's bronze medal in the women's event.

and

gained the bronze medal in the men's event after German skier

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fell late in the race. In

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, the Swedish women's team won their semifinal against Switzerland's team with 7–5. The men's team however lost their semifinal against Great Britain's team with 5–6. In

, the Swedish team won their quarterfinal against

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with 5–0 and qualified for the semifinals. The first Swedish medal outside the cross-country skiing events was earned on 20 February, after the Swedish women's curling team lost their final game against

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with the score 3–6. In

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, Sweden lost the bronze medal game against

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with 3–4, finishing fourth. An additional curling medal was earned on 21 February after

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

's team won the bronze medal game in men's curling after defeating China with 6–4.

Anna Holmlund Anna Ida Holmlund (born 3 October 1987) is a Swedish former ski cross athlete. Career Holmlund won 19 World Cup races and three ski cross World Cups up to 2016. She came sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2014 ...

won a bronze, and

finished 5th, in women's ski cross. Sweden's men's ice hockey team secured a place in the final after defeating

with 2–1 in the semi-finals. In

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finished 5th and

Emelie Wikström Emelie Wikström (born 2 October 1992) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. Wikström made her World Cup debut March 2009 in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a co ...

6th in women's slalom. In the men's ice hockey tournament, Sweden won silver, losing the final match to

0–3 on the final day of the Olympics, on 23 February.

Alpine skiing

;Men ;Women

Biathlon

Christoffer Eriksson was also selected as a reserve.

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint ;Men ;Women

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was also selected but did not participate in any of the events.

Curling

;Summary

Men's tournament

Team:

Sebastian Kraupp Sebastian Kraupp (born 20 May 1985) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad, Sweden. He currently coaches the Swedish men's junior team. From 2005 to 2008 Sebastian Kraupp skipped his own team. Starting with the 2008–2009 season he joined Niklas Ed ...

Viktor Kjäll Viktor Erik Kjäll ( anglicized as Kjell; born 13 June 1985) is a Swedish curler originally from Karlstad. Curling career Viktor Kjäll made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships as the Second for Sweden's mos ...

Fredrik Lindberg Bengt Fredrik Lindberg (born 2 February 1986) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. Lindberg grew up in Östersund. From 2006 until 2008 he played both Third and Second positions for Sebastian Kraupp. In 2009 he and Kraupp joined Niklas Edin's te ...

and

Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to s ...

(reserve) ;Round Robin ;Round-robin ;Draw 1 ;Draw 2 ;Draw 3 ;Draw 4 ;Draw 5 ;Draw 6 ;Draw 7 ;Draw 8 ;Draw 9 ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

Team:

Margaretha Sigfridsson Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Curling career Early career Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championship ...

Maria Prytz Maria Prytz (born 18 October 1976; née Engholm) is a Swedish curler from Härnösand. Prytz was the longtime alternate player for the Anette Norberg rink. Career Prytz's first two trips to the World Junior Curling Championships were as the alt ...

Christina Bertrup Christina Bertrup (born 23 December 1976) is a Swedish curler. She presently throws third rock for Margaretha Sigfridsson. Curling career Bertrup began her international curling career as the alternate player for Elisabet Gustafson. With Gust ...

Maria Wennerström Maria Wennerström (born 10 April 1985) is a Swedish curler. She currently throws second stones on a team skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson. Curling career Juniors Wennerström's junior career sent her to four straight World Junior Curling ...

and

Agnes Knochenhauer Agnes Ellinor Knochenhauer (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish Curling, curler who competed at 5 World Curling Championships and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, winning a silver and a gold medal respective ...

(reserve) ;Round Robin ;Round-robin ;Draw 1 ;Draw 2 ;Draw 3 ;Draw 4 ;Draw 5 ;Draw 6 ;Draw 7 ;Draw 8 ;Draw 9 ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

;Moguls ;Ski cross Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round ;Slopestyle

Ice hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group stage ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group stage ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Snowboarding

;Freestyle Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Speed skating

;Men

References

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Medalists

Summary

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References

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