Anna Olsson (cross-country skier)

Anna Olsson (born 1 May 1976 as Anna Dahlberg in Kramfors, Ångermanland) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1996 to 2010. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the team sprint (with Lina Andersson) at Turin in 2006.

Anna Olsson
Anna Olsson
Country Sweden
Full nameAnna Viktoria Olsson
Born (1976-05-01) 1 May 1976
Kramfors, Sweden
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2008)
Ski clubÅsarna IK
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (19971998, 20002010)
Starts100
Podiums14
Wins2
Overall titles0 – (11th in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 0 1 0
Total 1 1 0
Olympic Games
2006 TurinTeam sprint
World Championships
2009 LiberecTeam sprint

Olsson also won a silver medal in the team sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. She also has twenty individual victories at all levels at various distances since 2000.

She married fellow skier Johan Olsson in 2008.

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