Anna Jönsson Haag

Anna Jönsson Haag
Anna Haag the 2010 Winter Olympics
Country Sweden
Full nameAnna Margret Jönsson Haag
Born
Anna Hansson

(1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 38)
Köping, Sweden
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2018)
Ski clubAnna & Emil Sportklubb
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (20072018)
Starts175
Podiums3
Wins1
Overall titles0 – (11th in 2011)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 3 0
World Championships 0 3 1
Total 1 6 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 15 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liberec 4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kranj 4 × 3.33 km relay

Anna Margret Jönsson Haag (born 1 June 1986 as Anna Hansson) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2018. At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Haag won gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, earning Sweden the first gold medal in the women's relay event since 1960.

Career

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Haag participated in her first FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay event together with Lina Andersson, Britta Norgren and Charlotte Kalla.

Haag's best individual World Cup finish is a third place in a 10 km event 21 November 2009. Her lone victory was at a FIS race in Sweden in the 10 km event in 2008.

On 19 February 2010, Haag won the Olympic silver medal in the 15 km pursuit. Three days later, on 22 February, she won another silver medal, in the team sprint together with Charlotte Kalla.

At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Haag in the 4 × 5 km relay, 3rd stage, won gold.[1]

At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics Haag won silver in the 4 × 5 km relay.[2]

In March 2018, her retirement from cross–country skiing following the 2017–2018 season was announced.[3]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

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  • 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2010 23 4 Silver Silver
2014 27 20 11 Gold
2018 31 32 29 Silver

World Championships

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  • 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2009 22 25 Bronze
2011 24 14 10 10 Silver
2013 26 17 15 6 Silver
2015 28 14
2017 30 5 18 9 Silver

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
2007 21 NC NC
2008 22 19 17 50 13
2009 23 19 19 43 7 34
2010 24 14 11 44 15
2011 25 11 8 38 11 DNF 7
2012 26 23 18 61 8 DNF 13
2013 27 31 25 67 18 17
2014 28 67 39 NC DNF
2015 29 40 23 76 25 DNF
2016 30 30 27 53 21 25
2017 31 26 19 NC 13 13
2018 32 24 20 52 17 12 41

Individual podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 SWC)
  • 3 podiums – (2 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2009–10 21 November 2009 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
2 12 December 2009 Slovenia Rogla, Slovenia 15 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
3 2010–11 3 January 2011 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 5 podiums – (5 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2008–09 23 November 2008 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hansson / Johansson Norgren / Kalla
2 7 December 2008 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Andersson / Lindborg / Kalla
3 2009–10 22 November 2009 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Olsson / Lindborg / Kalla
4 2010–11 21 November 2010 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Johansson Norgren / Rydqvist / Kalla
5 19 December 2010 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Lindborg / Rydqvist / Kalla

Personal life

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Haag married fellow Swedish sprint specialist Emil Jönsson in 2018. They spend their time between Östersund, Sweden and Davos, Switzerland.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Kalla kände sig bäst i världen". Svenska Dagbladet. 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Cross-country skiing: Women's 4 × 5km relay results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ Linus Sunnervik, Tomas Pettersson (17 March 2018). "Tårfyllda intervjun i SVT efter beskedet" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "JOENSSON HAAG Anna". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Älskar livet i Davos – och nya sportbilen" (in Swedish). Idrottens Affärer. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
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