| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 35) Karlstad, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Valfjällets SLK | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 28 October 2007 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2 March 2020 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 – (2007, 2011–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 12 – (2008–15, 2017–2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1PG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 – (3GS, 1 PG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (5th in GS, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matts Olsson (born 1 December 1988) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who raced in the giant slalom discipline.
Born in Karlstad, Olsson made his World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the team event, and finished 18th in the giant slalom,[1] and 24th in the super-G.[2]
Matts Olsson won his first World Cup competition victory in Alta Badia in December 2017 at an evening event in Parallel giant slalom.[3] Olsson defeated Marcel Hirscher in the semi-final and Henrik Kristoffersen in the final. The victory was Sweden's first World Cup win in Parallel giant slalom.
On 14 March 2020, Olsson announced his retirement from the sport following the 2019–2020 season.[4]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | 145 | — | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 0 points | |||||
| 2011 | 22 | 63 | — | 13 | — | — | 42 |
| 2012 | 23 | 65 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 79 | — | 26 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 47 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 73 | — | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 27 | injured | |||||
| 2017 | 28 | 34 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 27 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 29 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 31 | 79 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 Jan 2017 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 4 Mar 2017 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 18 Dec 2017 |  Alta Badia, Italy |
Parallel-G | 1st |
| 2019 | 8 Dec 2018 |  Val d'Isere, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | — | — | 28 | 36 | — |
| 2009 | 20 | |||||
| 2011 | 22 | — | 18 | 24 | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | — | 18 | 32 | — | — |
| 2015 | 26 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 28 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | — | 10 | — | — | — |
