Thea Louise Stjernesund Explained

Thea Louise Stjernesund
Disciplines:Slalom, giant slalom
Club:Hakadal IL
Full Name:Thea Louise Stjernesund
Birth Date:24 November 1996
Birth Place:Lørenskog, Norway[1]
Wcdebut:27 October 2018 (age 21)
Olympicteams:1 – (2022)
Olympicmedals:1
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:3
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:6 – (20192024)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:3 – (2 GS, 1 PG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (20th in 2023)
Wctitles:0 – (7th in GS, 2024)
Show-Medals:yes

Thea Louise Stjernesund (born 24 November 1996) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

Competing at the 2016 and 2017 Junior World Championships, her best individual result was eighth in giant slalom, but she also won a mixed team bronze medal in 2016.

Stjernesund made her World Cup debut in October 2018 in the season opener at Sölden, and collected her first points with a ninth-place finish. Her second-best result during the season was twelfth place in Andorra in March. She was eighteenth in the giant slalom and fifth in the team event at the World Championships in February.

She represents the sports club Hakadal IL.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
22
2314
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262014rowspan=2
2723337

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2022 13 Nov 2021 Lech/Zürs, Austria 2nd
2023 19 Mar 2023 Soldeu, Andorra 2nd
2024 17 Mar 2024 Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill CombinedParallelTeam
event
22
24 DNQ1
26 32

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thea Louise STJERNESUND . Olympics.com . 3 February 2022.