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Anna Carin Zidek

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Anna Carin Helena Cecilia Zidek (née Olofsson, born 1 April 1973) is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Originally a cross-country skier, Olofsson competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, but in the three events she took part in she made the top 30 only once (15 km freestyle), and the following season she switched to biathlon. On 3 May 2008 Olofsson married her then boyfriend, Tom Zidek - a serviceman in the Canadian biathlon team - in a ceremony near Canmore, Canada. Olofsson officially announced her retirement on 16 July 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Carin Zidek is the 2,716th most popular athlete (down from 2,713th in 2019), the 1,284th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,301st in 2019) and the 131st most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Anna Carin Zidek ranks 2,716 out of 6,025. Before her are Mehmet Akif Pirim, Addis Abebe, Alexander Pusch, Koji Murofushi, Dafne Schippers, and Zhanna Pintusevich-Block. After her are Ray Stewart, Estela Rodríguez, Dayron Robles, Olga Chernyavskaya, Alexander Melentyev, and Selina Gasparin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Anna Carin Zidek ranks 483. Before her are Anthony Doerr, Sergei Tiviakov, Toshihiro Hattori, Paz Lenchantin, Gustavo Adrián López, and Harmony Korine. After her are Driulis González, Elisabeth Röhm, Éric Deflandre, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Stephanie Graf, and Chris Webber.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Anna Carin Zidek ranks 1,284 out of 1,879. Before her are Tuva Novotny (1979), Marcus Ericsson (1990), Elsa Hosk (1988), Benny Kohlberg (1954), Andreas Johnson (1970), and Morfydd Clark (1989). After her are Hannes Holm (1962), Daniel Majstorović (1977), Håkan Mild (1971), Johanna Larsson (1988), Magnus Carlsson (1974), and Frida Gustavsson (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Anna Carin Zidek ranks 131. Before her are Eva Korpela (1958), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), Hanna Öberg (1995), Stefan Lövgren (1970), Ulrika Knape (1955), and Carolina Klüft (1983). After her are Daniel Alfredsson (1972), Li Qian (null), Anette Norberg (1966), Robert Hedin (1966), Kenth Eldebrink (1955), and Elvira Öberg (1999).

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