Anita Östlund (born 30 January 2001) is a Swedish

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. She is the 2017

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bronze medalist, 2017

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silver medalist, and a two-time Swedish national champion (2017, 2019). She represented Sweden at the

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and has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

Anita Östlund was born on 30 January 2001 in

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, Ukraine. She is the daughter of Yulia, an

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, and Peter Östlund. She has three younger sisters – Nicole, Melina, and Michelle.

Career

Early years

Östlund started learning to skate in 2006. For two seasons beginning in 2012–2013, she competed internationally on the advanced novice level. She won gold at the 2013

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, silver at the 2014 Nordics, and silver at the 2014

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2014–2015 season: Junior debut

Östlund made her

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(JGP) debut in the 2014–2015 season, placing 17th in

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and 14th in

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. She won the junior ladies' silver medal at the Swedish Championships and was sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships, but did not advance to the free skate after placing 32nd in the short program.

2015–2016 season

Östlund placed 9th at her 2015 JGP assignment in

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, Austria, and 5th in junior ladies at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. She won the junior silver medal at the Swedish Championships.

2016–2017 season: Senior debut

Östlund began her season on the JGP series, placing 12th in

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, Japan, and 7th in

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, Estonia. Making her senior international debut, she placed 7th at the

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, a Challenger Series event in November 2016. In December, she finished third to Joshi Helgesson and Matilda Algotsson at the Swedish Championships. Östlund's first senior international medal, silver, came in February 2017 at the

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, Bulgaria, where she finished second to Isadora Williams. At the Nordics Open, held in March in

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, Iceland, she outscored both of her national co-medalists for the bronze medal and joined former world champions

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and

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on the podium. Later in the same month, she competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in

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, Taiwan. She qualified to the free skate by placing 15th in the short and went on to finish 13th overall.

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

In September, Sweden qualified a spot at the

due to Matilda Algotsson's result at the

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. In December, Östlund won the Swedish senior national title by a 19-point margin over Algotsson. In January, she finished as Sweden's top ladies' entry at the

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, having placed 6th in the short program, 20th in the free skate, and 17th overall. On 23 January 2018, the

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selected Östlund to compete at the Olympics under the committee's "future" criterion. The following month, she competed at the

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, South Korea. Ranked 28th in the short program, she did not advance to the final segment.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostlund, Anita 2001 births Living people Figure skaters from Odesa Swedish people of Russian descent Swedish female single skaters Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Sweden 21st-century Swedish sportswomen