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Career Retrospective: Anna Olsson

Next up in my series of skier retirements is the Swedish sprinter Anna Olsson (prior to marrying teammate Johan Olsson in 2008 she competed using her maiden name, Dahlberg). Compared to the other skiers I’ve profiled, Olsson’s career was relatively short, stretching from 2001 to the present.  Also, as I’ve sort of given away in […]

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Career Retrospective: Sabina Valbusa

Continuing with our look at retiring skiers… Italian veteran Sabina Valbusa is hanging up the skis.  Skiing runs in her family: she is the younger sister of Fulvio Valbusa.  Not only that, she’s been racing for quite some time now:  I have results for her dating from 1993 up to 2010. The five time Olympian […]

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Career Retrospective: Rene Sommerfeldt

Long time German skier Rene Sommerfeldt is retiring this year.  His international career spans roughly 15 years, which is quite a long time to ski internationally. I thought it would be fun to honor retiring skiers with a fairly comprehensive look back at their careers.  But since this is a largely data visualization site, it […]

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