Charlotte Kalla


Marina Charlotte Kalla is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 10 km freestyle event in Vancouver. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Kalla ran the final leg in the 4 × 5 km women's relay race and started third with a 25.7 seconds lag behind the first place but reduced the gap, overtaking her competitors in the final straight, earning Sweden the first gold medal in the women's relay event since 1968. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang Kalla won Olympic gold medal in the skiathlon event.
On 6 January 2008, Kalla won the second edition of Tour de Ski in her debut in the event.
Kalla won a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 10 km freestyle event in Falun. In total Kalla has twelve World Championship medals, five of them individual.
Kalla is of Tornedalian Finnish descent.

Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

Kalla won the gold medal in the women's 10 km individual for Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a time of 24:58.4. She also won a silver in the team sprint event with Anna Haag at those same games.

2014 Winter Olympics

Kalla won a silver medal in the skiathlon event on 8 February in Sochi, and another silver in the classical race on 13 February. In the 4 × 5 km women's relay race, held on 15 February, she ran in the final leg and started third with a 25.7 sec lag behind the first place and a 19.9 lag behind the second place, but totally reduced the gap, and overtook her competitors in the final straight, giving Sweden the gold medal.

2018 Winter Olympics

Kalla took the first gold medal awarded at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang when she won the skiathlon, breaking away from the leading group on the last lap of the course to take victory with a lead of 7.8 seconds over second-placed Marit Bjørgen. Her win made her the first Swedish woman to win three Winter Olympic golds, and tied her with canoer Agneta Andersson as the female Swede with most Olympic gold medals overall. It was also Kalla's sixth Olympic medal, equalling Anja Pärson's record for the most Winter Olympic medals among Swedish women. She then went on to win silver in the 10 km freestyle individual start, the 4 × 5 km relay and the team sprint.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Year Age 10 km
individual
15 km
skiathlon
30 km
mass start
Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay
Team
sprint
201022Gold865Silver
201426SilverSilver34Gold
201830SilverGold5SilverSilver

World Championships

Year Age 10 km
individual
15 km
skiathlon
30 km
mass start
Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay
Team
sprint
200719574
2009218186Bronze
20112311448SilverGold
201325761111SilverSilver
201527GoldBronzeBronzeSilver
201729SilverBronze7Silver
201931965Gold

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2007–08 24 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
2 2007–08 29 December 2007 Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 1st
3 2007–08 1 January 2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
4 2007–08 4 January 2008 Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
5 2007–08 5 January 2008 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
6 2007–08 28 December 2007
– 6 January 2008
Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
7 2007–08 16 February 2008 Liberec, Czech Republic7.6 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
8 2007–08 8 March 2008 Oslo, Norway30 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
92008–0922 November 2008 Gällivare, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
102008–098 March 2009 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
112008–0920 March 2009 Falun, Sweden2.5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
122008–0920–22 March 2009 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
132009–1021 November 2009 Beitostølen, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
142009–1012 December 2009 Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
152009–105 February 2010 Canmore, Canada10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
162009–1019 March 2010 Falun, Sweden2.5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
172009–1021 March 2010 Falun, Sweden10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
182009–1019–21 March 2010 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
192010–1120 November 2010 Gällivare, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
202010–1126–28 November 2010 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
212010–1131 December 2010 Oberhof, Germany2.8 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
222010–113 January 2011 Oberstdorf, Germany5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/FStage World Cup2nd
232010–1120 February 2011 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
242011–1219 November 2011 Sjusjøen, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
252011–1225 November 2011 Rukatunturi, Finland1.2 km Sprint CStage World Cup2nd
262011–1226 November 2011 Rukatunturi, Finland5 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd
272011–127 January 2012 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
282011–124 February 2012 Rybinsk, Russia10 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
292011–1216 March 2012 Falun, Sweden2.5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
302011–1218 March 2012 Falun, Sweden10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
312011–1216–18 March 2012 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
322012–1329 December 2012 Oberhof, Germany3 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
332012–133 January 2013 Cortina, Italy15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
342012–1322 March 2013 Falun, Sweden2.5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
352012–1324 March 2013 Falun, Sweden10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
362012–1322–24 March 2013 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
372013–141 December 2013 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
382013–1429 November 2013
– 1 December 2013
Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
392013–147 December 2013 Lillehammer, Norway10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
402013–1414 December 2013 Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
412013–141 February 2014 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
422013–142 March 2014 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
432014–1530 November 2014 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
442014–1515 February 2015 Östersund, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
452014–158 March 2015 Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
462015–1628 November 2015 Rukatunturi, Finland5 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
472015–165 December 2015 Lillehammer, Norway7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup2nd
482016–177 January 2017 Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
492016–1721 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
502016–1719 February 2017 Otepää, Estonia10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
512017–1825 November 2017 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual CStage World Cup2nd
522017–1826 November 2017 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
532017–1824–26 November 2017 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
542017–183 December 2017 Lillehammer, Norway7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
552017–1816 December 2017 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
562017–1821 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
572018–1925 November 2018 Rukatunturi, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
582018–191 December 2018 Lillehammer, Norway10 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd
592018–198 December 2018 Beitostølen, Norway15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
1 2006–07 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2ndL. Andersson / Lindborg / Norgren
2 2006–07 4 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stL. Andersson / Strömstedt / Norgren
3 2006–07 25 March 2007 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdDahlberg / Rydqvist / Norgren
42007–0828 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stNorgren
52008–0923 November 2008 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdHansson / Norgren / Haag
62008–097 December 2008 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndL. Andersson / Lindborg / Haag
72009–1022 November 2009 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stOlsson / Lindborg / Haag
82010–1121 November 2010 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndNorgren / Haag / Rydqvist
92010–1112 December 2010 La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdLindborg / Haag / Rydqvist
102012–1325 November 2012 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndIngemarsdotter / Bleckur / Larsen
112016–1722 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Ingemarsdotter / Henriksson / Falk
122018–1927 January 2019 Ulricehamn, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndSettlin / E. Andersson / Sundling
132019–208 December 2019 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdRibom / Rönnlund / Lundgren
142019–201 March 2020 Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKarlsson / Öhrn / Dahlqvist

Other sports

On 17–18 April 2015, Kalla participated and placed second in Keb Classic, a ski mountaineering event in Kebnekaise, Sweden, with Emelie Forsberg and Josefina Wikberg.