Ebba Årsjö Explained

Ebba Årsjö
Birth Date:12 January 2001
Disability:Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome
Disability Class:LW4
Sport:Alpine skiing

Ebba Årsjö (born 12 January 2001) is a Swedish para alpine skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Career

Årsjö competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships where she won gold medals in the slalom, and parallel event.[1]

She competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won gold medals in the super combined and slalom standing events. She also won the bronze medal in the downhill standing event.[2] [3] [4] In 2022, she received the Victoria Award.[5]

On 9 November 2022, she announced she would no longer compete in downhill skiing.[6]

The 2023–2024 season saw her winning the overall World Cup for first time.[7]

Personal life

She was born with Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome which resulted in muscle reduction in her right leg.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Cup with World Championships feeling for home star Ebba Aarsjoe . paralympic.org . 27 January 2022 . 4 March 2022 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305102235/https://www.paralympic.org/news/world-cup-world-championships-feeling-home-star-ebba-aarsjoe . live .
  2. Web site: Ebba Årsjö . paralympics.se . 4 March 2022 . 11 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220211163239/https://paralympics.se/utovare/ebba-arsjo/ . dead .
  3. News: Burke. Patrick. 5 March 2022. Slovakia's Farkašová wins first gold medal of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. InsideTheGames.biz. 5 March 2022. 5 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305132329/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120081/winter-paralympics-henrieta-farkasova. live.
  4. News: 4 March 2022 . Skier Mollie Jepsen speeds to Canada's 1st gold medal of Beijing Paralympics . CBC . 5 March 2022 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305121337/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/winter-sports/para-alpine-skiing/beijing-paralympics-canada-gold-1.6373951 . live .
  5. News: Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize. Inside the Games. Eliott Brennan. English. 8 June 2022. 13 July 2022. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713212223/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124202/arsjo-history-para-victoria-prize. live.
  6. News: Ebba Årsjö slutar med störtlopp. SVT Sport. Björn Nordling. Swedish. 9 November 2022. 9 November 2022. 9 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221109161609/https://www.svt.se/sport/parasport/ebba-arsjo-slutar-med-stortlopp-jag-har-inte-styrkan. live.
  7. News: Ebba Årsjö vinner totala världscupen för första gången. SVT Sport. Nils Rahm. Swedish. 25 March 2024. 25 March 2024. 25 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240325142516/https://www.svt.se/sport/parasport/sasongsavslutningen-installd-ebba-arsjo-vinner-totala-varldscupen-for-forsta-gangen. live.
  8. Web site: Ebba Årsjö . paralympic.org . 4 March 2022 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305082854/https://www.paralympic.org/ebba-aarsjoe . live .