Thea Louise Stjernesund

Thea Louise Stjernesund
Stjernesund in 2023
Personal information
Full nameThea Louise Stjernesund
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27)
Lørenskog, Norway[1]
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubHakadal IL
World Cup debut27 October 2018 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons6 – (20192024)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (2 GS, 1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in GS, 2024)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Team event
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event
Silver medal – second place 2023 Méribel Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Méribel Parallel

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

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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.[2]

She represents the sports club Hakadal IL.[2]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2019 22 49 52 13
2020 23 44 27 24 14
2021 24 54 26 6
2022 25 35 27 17 2
2023 26 20 14 10
2024 27 23 33 7
Standings through 18 March 2024

Race podiums

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  • 0 wins
  • 3 podiums – (2 GS, 1 PG); 19 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2022 13 Nov 2021 Austria Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 2nd
2023 19 Mar 2023 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom 2nd
2024 17 Mar 2024 Austria Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

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Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
2019 22 18 5
2021 24 22 DNS2 DNQ 1
2023 26 13 8 3 2

Olympic Games

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Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2022 25 15 6 3

References

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  1. ^ "Thea Louise STJERNESUND". Olympics.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Thea Louise Stjernesund at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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