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Amanda Nylander (born 20 April 1990) is a Swedish
figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...
. She placed 15th at the 2005 World Junior Championships and 17th at the 2006 World Championships. She started skating as a child, in
Älta Älta is a locality situated in Nacka Municipality Nacka Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and ...
. Her coach was Marie Olsson. She is the twin sister of Isabelle Nylander, who also competed in figure skating. Despite being seen as future medal hope in the Olympic Games, Nylander quit figure skating soon after her World Championships success, failing to find the motivation for the practice required for an elite figure skater. She attempted a comeback in 2012.


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* 1990 births Living people Swedish female single skaters Figure skaters from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-figure-skating-bio-stub