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Ebba Årsjö
Swedish para alpine skier (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ebba Årsjö (born 12 January 2001) is a Swedish para alpine skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
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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]
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Personal life
She was born with Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome which resulted in muscle reduction in her right leg.[8]
Årsjö's uncle, Johannes Årsjö, is a former strongman.[9]
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