Emelie Wikström
Emelie Wikström (born 2 October 1992 in Sävsjö ) is a Swedish alpine skier. Your strongest discipline is the slalom.
Biography
A first international success came Wikström with the victory in the slalom at the Trofeo Topolino 2007. In November of the same year for the first time participated in FIS races and reached in February 2008, their first podium. After they had been denied their first European Cup race in January 2008, they launched from the season 2008/ 09 on a regular basis in this series. In November, she won at the races in the Swedish Funäsdalen their first European Cup points, and shortly thereafter they reached surprising third place in the slalom in Trysil. However, was followed by several failures and the rest of the season, they did not come in the top 30
On January 30, 2009 Wikström started in slalom in Garmisch -Partenkirchen for the first time in a World Cup race, but could not qualify for the second run it. In early February, she was at the Swedish Junior Championships runner-up in Super -G and a little later she won the gold medal in the slalom at the European Youth Olympic Festival. At the Junior World Championship in 2009, it reached number 27 in the downhill and slalom and 29th place in the Super- G but no front seats. The end of March it was Swedish Vice-Champion in the downhill and super-combined. 29 November 2009 Wikström succeeded in slalom of Funäsdalen again a podium finish in the European Cup and the next day she celebrated her first victory in the second slalom. In the discipline rating so she reached the second place. In 2010, she was Swedish Junior National Champion in slalom and the downhill. At the Junior World Cup in 2010 was her best result of 13th place in the downhill, 2011 and 2012 she went to number ten and eight in the slalom.
Her first World Cup points brought Wikström, as they drove to 13th place on 29 December 2010 at the slalom in Semmering. At their first World Cup in 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, she was 24 in slalom. In March 2011, she won her first Swedish championship title with victory in the super combined. On January 3, 2012 Wikström reached seventh place in the slalom in Zagreb her first top- 10 finish in the World Cup. Your best result, it achieved a fourth place in the slalom of the World Cup final of the 2011/12 season in Schladming. At the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi reached on February 21 in the slalom sixth.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Sochi 2014: 6 Slalom
World Championships
- Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 24 Slalom
Junior World Championships
- Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 27 Downhill, Slalom 27, 29, Super -G
- Mont Blanc 2010: 13 Downhill, 25, Giant Slalom, Super -G 37
- Crans -Montana 2011: 10 Slalom
- Roccaraso 2012: 8 Slalom
- Quebec 2013: 20 Super -G, Downhill 38, 42 Giant Slalom
World Cup
- 2 placings in the top ten
European Cup
- Season 2009/ 10: 2nd slalom standings, 8 Super - Combination Evaluation
- Season 2011/12: 3rd slalom rating
- 8 podiums, including two victories: