Sara Maria Hector (born 4 September 1992) is a Swedish
World Cup alpine ski racer
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 for ...
. She has competed at six
World Championships and won three medals in the team event, respectively in
2011
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,
2015
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and
2021
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.
Hector gained her first World Cup victory in December 2014, a giant slalom in
Kühtai,
Austria. At her third
Winter Olympics in
2022
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, she was the gold medalist in
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
.
It was her first Olympic medal, which was also the first Olympic gold for Sweden in the women's GS event in
thirty years.
World Cup results
Season standings
:
Race podiums
* 4 wins – (4
GS)
* 11 podiums – (11 GS)
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
People from Sandviken Municipality
Swedish female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers of Sweden
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Sportspeople from Gävleborg County