Therese Borssén

Therese Borssén ( born December 12, 1984 in Rättvik ) is a former Swedish alpine skier. She was particularly successful in the slalom discipline, sometimes also in the giant slalom. In her career she won a World Cup race.

Biography

Borssén was first taken as a two year old by her father with the ski-run, her first race she contested the age of seven. At 15, she moved to the Ski Academy in Järpen and began largely to focus on skiing. That same year, she made ​​the jump to the Swedish Junior National Team. As of January 2000, she participated in FIS races, where they celebrated their first win at this level in December of the same year. Inserts in the European Cup was followed in February 2001. At the Junior World Championship 2003 in Montgenevre they missed in fourth slalom just a medal, just a year later in Maribor.

After some successes Borssén announced on 28 November 2003 in the giant slalom at Park City debut in the World Cup. The next day, she won 13th place in the slalom their first World Cup points. Three times she was in the 2003/04 season classify in the top ten (each as Ninth ), twice in the season 2004/05. On January 8, 2006 Borssén scored as third of the slalom in Maribor for the first time a podium. After another two third places at the beginning of the season 2006/ 07 she celebrated on 29 December 2006 at night slalom in Semmering the first and only World Cup victory. The fourth place in the slalom discipline rating of the season 2006/ 07 was the best of her career.

At their first World Cup in February 2005 Borssén was surprisingly become fifth of the slaloms. A year later, they scored the eighth place in the slalom at their Olympic debut in Turin. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, she was seventh in this discipline, but at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 they only finished 21 Always get a failure in the first slalom passage they had at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isere and 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen recorded.

Borssén abolished in January 2008 and in March 2009, each one more World Cup podium. She could then not quite reach their previous level of performance, but has always been one of the 15 best slalom skiers in the world rankings, achieving regular top 10 results. Due to strong internal team competition she received no launch opportunity for the World Cup 2013. Borssén In January 2013, announced that she would resign the end of the season.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Turin 2006: 8 Slalom
  • Vancouver 2010: 21 Slalom

World Championships

  • Santa Caterina 2005: 5 Slalom, Giant Slalom 32
  • Åre 2007: 7 Slalom, Giant Slalom 33

Junior World Championships

  • Verbier 2002: 14 Slalom, Giant Slalom 34
  • Montgenevre 2003: 4th Slalom
  • Maribor 2004: 4th Slalom

World Cup

  • Season 2005/ 06: 7 slalom rating
  • Season 2006/ 07: 4 slalom rating
  • Season 2007/ 08: 6 slalom rating
  • Season 2011/12: 8 slalom rating
  • 6 podiums, including one victory:
  • 36 more placements in the top ten

European Cup

  • Season 2011/12: 10th overall, 2nd slalom rating
  • 13 podiums including 3 victories:

Other successes

  • 2 Swedish championship titles in slalom (2008 and 2012 )
  • 2 podiums in Nor- Am Cup
  • 1 victory in the Australian New Zealand Cup
  • 24 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup Park City (Utah) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup Gressoney (AO) Italy Melchsee-Frutt Schruns
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