Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in

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) 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

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in the 10 km freestyle event in Vancouver. At the

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Kalla ran the final leg in the 4 × 5 km women's relay race and started third with a 25.7 seconds lag behind the first place but reduced the gap, overtaking her competitors in the final straight, earning Sweden the first gold medal in the women's relay event since 1968. At the

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Kalla won Olympic gold medal in the skiathlon event. On 6 January 2008, Kalla won the second edition of

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in her debut in the event. Kalla won a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 10 km freestyle event in

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. In total Kalla has twelve

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medals, five of them individual. Kalla is of Tornedalian Finnish descent. On 22 March 2022, Kalla announced she would quit her competitive carrier following the Swedish Championships in

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in March 2022.

Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

Kalla won the gold medal in the women's 10 km individual for Sweden at the

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, British Columbia, Canada, with a time of 24:58.4. She also won a silver in the team sprint event with

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at those same games.

2014 Winter Olympics

Kalla won a silver medal in the skiathlon event on 8 February in

, and another silver in the classical race on 13 February. In the 4 × 5 km women's relay race, held on 15 February, she ran in the final leg and started third with a 25.7 sec lag behind the first place and a 19.9 lag behind the second place, but totally reduced the gap, and overtook her competitors in the final straight, giving Sweden the gold medal.

2018 Winter Olympics

Kalla took the first gold medal awarded at the 2018 Games in

when she won the

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, breaking away from the leading group on the last lap of the course to take victory with a lead of 7.8 seconds over second-placed

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. Her win made her the first Swedish woman to win three Winter Olympic golds, and tied her with canoer

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as the female Swede with most Olympic gold medals overall. It was also Kalla's sixth Olympic medal, equalling

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's record for the most Winter Olympic medals among Swedish women. She then went on to win silver in the 10 km freestyle individual start, the 4 × 5 km relay (together with

, Ebba Andersson and Stina Nilsson) and the

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(with Stina Nilsson).

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 9 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver)

World Championships

* 13 medals – (3 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 12 victories – (7 , 5 ) * 59 podiums – (35 , 24 )

Team podiums

* 3 victories – (2 , 1 ) * 15 podiums – (14 , 1 )

Other sports

On 17–18 April 2015, Kalla participated and placed second in Keb Classic, a

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event in

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, Sweden, with

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and Josefina Wikberg.

References

External links

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17 March 2005 Charlotte Kalla interview at SVT's open archive
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