Kajsa Britta Kling (born 25 December 1988) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden.

Kajsa Kling
Kling in January 2009
Personal information
Born (1988-12-25) 25 December 1988 (age 35)
Åre, Sweden
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
ClubÅre SK
World Cup debut13 January 2007 (age 18)
Retired5 March 2017 (age 28)
Websitekajsakling.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2007, 2017)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10 (20082017)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (1 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in SG, 2014)

Born in Åre, Kling competed in all five alpine disciplines. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the giant slalom. On 28 December 2010, Kling crashed during a giant slalom race in Semmering, Austria, which ended her 2011 season.[1]

On 14 December 2013, Kling attained her first World Cup podium, placing second in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[2]

Ahead of the 2017/18 season, it was announced that Kling would take a break from World Cup racing because of depression. Kling set no target for a return at the time.[3] In August 2018, Kling announced her decision not to return to the World Cup and retire from active competition.[4]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2008 19 124 48
2009 20 105 51 34
2010 21 89 41 48 42
2011 22 86 39 34 43
2012 23 90 35 52
2013 24 102 44 39
2014 25 15 20 8 12
2015 26 27 37 15 15
2016 27 17 28 10 11 20
2017 28 22 31 10 11 36

Race podiums

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  • 2 podiums – (1 DH, 1 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2014 14 Dec 2013    St Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
2017 2 Dec 2016   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 18 DNF1 DNF1
2015 26 8 18

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 21 26
2014 25 18 DNF1 23

References

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  1. ^ Säsongen över för Kling SVT 28 december 2010 Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Annika Nilsson (14 December 2013). "Nytt superåk av Kajsa Kling" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Swedish skier Kajsa Kling taking World Cup break to treat depression". ESPN.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Sweden's Kling Announces Retirement from World Cup". SkiRacing.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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