Maria Pietilä-Holmner in Sälen in April 2014
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| Born | (1986-07-25) 25 July 1986 (age 37) Umeå, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Uhsk UmeåSK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 26 October 2002 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 17 January 2018 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | mariapietilaholmner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 – (2005–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 13 – (2005–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 – (2SL, 1 CE) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 10 – (7SL, 1 GS, 2 CE) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (7th in 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in GS, 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner took up alpine skiing at the age of seven. She was also a keen footballer, playing as a forward for Mariehem's girls' teams until the age of 15, when she decided to focus on skiing. Pietilä-Holmner made her World Cup debut in Sölden at age 16 in October 2002.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships in the slalom.[2] Her first World Cup win came at a slalom in Aspen in November 2010.[3][4] She made a total of 207 World Cup starts, and took ten podiums, including three wins.[2]
Pietilä-Holmner took five medals in the World Championships, two as an individual and three in the team events. She was the silver medalist in giant slalomin2007atÅre, Sweden.[5] Four years later in 2011, she won 2 bronze medals at Garmish-Partenkirchen in the slalom[6] and the team event. At Schladmingin2013, she won a silver in the team event. She took her final Worlds medal at the 2017 Championships, where she was part of the Swedish squad which finished third in the team event.[2]
She made her debut at the Winter Olympicsin2006, where she finished tenth in the giant slalom.[1] At the 2010 Winter Games, she finished fourth in the slalom, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics she was sixth in the giant slalom. She also won seven Swedish championship titles: five in slalom, one in giant slalom and one in combined.[2]
On 17 January 2018, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing, following back problems.[7] to instead become a Eurosport expert commentator.[8]
She has been in a relationship with fellow alpine skier Hans Olsson since 2004:[9] as of 2018 the couple were engaged.[2] They both worked as part of the team covering alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for Eurosport.[10]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2004 | 17 | 104 | — | 43 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 63 | 33 | 31 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 54 | — | — |
| 2010 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 19 | — | — | 32 |
| 2012 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 29 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 27 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 30 | 65 | 23 | 33 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 31 | did not compete; retired in the middle of season | |||||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15 November 2008 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 2011 | 28 November 2010 |  Aspen, USA |
Slalom | 1st |
| 2 January 2011 |  Munich, Germany |
City event | 1st | |
| 2012 | 27 November 2011 | Aspen, USA |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 2014 | 22 December 2013 |  Val-d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 5 January 2014 |  Bormio, Italy |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 14 January 2014 |  Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 8 March 2014 |  Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 13 December 2014 | Slalom | 1st | |
| 2016 | 23 February 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden |
City event | 3rd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 20 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 22 | DNF1 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 28 | 14 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 30 | 14 | 25 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19 | 21 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 23 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 27 | DNF1 | 6 | — | — | — |
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