Matilda Algotsson (born 29 May 1998) is a Swedish

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. She is the

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silver medalist, the 2015

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champion, and the 2019 Swedish national champion. She placed 13th at the

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and 2017 European Championships.

Personal life

Matilda Algotsson was born on 29 May 1998 in

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, Sweden. The middle child of Johanna and Anders Algotsson, she has an older sister, Emma, and younger brother, Rickard.

Career

Algotsson started skating in 2003.

2013–2014 season

In the 2013–2014 season, Algotsson won the Swedish national junior title and three international medals on the junior level – bronze at the Toruń Cup, silver at the Sarajevo Open, and bronze at the Nordics. She was assigned to represent Sweden at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but was eliminated after placing 28th in the short program.

2014–2015 season

In 2014–2015, Algotsson debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 20th in Japan. She repeated as the Swedish national junior champion and won junior gold at the Nordics.

2015–2016 season

Algotsson placed 7th at her 2015 JGP assignment in Zagreb, Croatia. Making her senior international debut, she won gold at the

in November 2015. After winning the senior bronze medal at the Swedish Championships, she was named in Sweden's team to the 2016 European Championships in

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, Slovakia. Ranked 18th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 10th, lifting her to 13th overall. At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she placed 30th in the short program and did not advance further.

2016–2017 season

Algotsson was awarded the silver medal at the Swedish Championships, having placed second to Joshi Helgesson. She reached the free skate at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

2017–2018 season

A week before the competition, Sweden decided that Algotsson would replace Joshi Helgesson at the

. It was the final qualifying opportunity for the

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. Algotsson won the silver medal and earned a spot for Sweden in the ladies' event at the Olympics. Algotsson obtained the silver medal in the Swedish national championships and did not reach the final in the European Championships.

2018–2019 season

Algotsson participated in her first senior Grand Prix event, 2018 Internationaux de France, finishing 12th. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Swedish Figure Skating Championships.

2019–2020 season

For the first time, she finished off the podium at the 2019 Swedish Figure Skating Championships. Despite this, she was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Algotsson, Matilda 1998 births Swedish female single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish women