Janette Hargin (born 4 October 1977) is a

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former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

who competed in the

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and

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. During her alpine skiing career she won six Swedish national titles and scored six top ten finishes in

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races, including a career best of second in a combined in

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in 2002. At the 2002 Winter Olympics she finished 25th in the downhill, 27th 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 ...

and 31st in the

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

, whilst in 2006 she finished 12th in the combined, 17th in the downhill and 22nd in the

. Her best result in an Alpine Skiing World Championships was a 12th in the super-G in

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. After nine years on the alpine World Cup circuit, in 2007 Hargin retired from alpine skiing and switched to

freeskiing Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from the growth of snowboarding combi ...

. She has enjoyed success as a freeskier, becoming

Freeride World Tour The Freeride World Tour, also referred to as the FWT Pro or simply the FWT, is an annual series of events in which freeride skiers and snowboarders compete for individual event wins, as well as the overall title of Freeride World Champion in t ...

champion in 2011 and winning three Scandinavian and two Swedish titles in big mountain skiing. She retired from competitive freeskiing in 2012. She has commentated on alpine skiing for the Swedish television channel TV4. She is the sister of

Mattias Hargin Mattias Hargin (born 7 October 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Stockholm, he competed mainly in slalom, and is the younger brother of Janette Hargin (b. 1977), who also raced for Sweden. Hargin was married to Sw ...

, a fellow alpine skier. Janette and Mattias' sister Christine has competed alongside Janette in freeskiing and has also enjoyed success, succeeding Janette as Freeride World Tour champion in 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hargin, Janette 1977 births Swedish female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Sweden Freeskiers Skiers from Stockholm Living people 21st-century Swedish sportswomen