Matilda Algotsson

Matilda Algotsson at the2018 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (age 27) Stockholm, Sweden
Home town	Enebyberg, Sweden
Height	1.61 m (5 ft3+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Sweden
Discipline	Women's singles
Coach	Alexei Fedoseev Anna Rechnio
Skating club	Stockholms Allmänna Skridskoklubb
Began skating	2003
Medal record
Swedish Championships 2019 Karlskrona Singles 2017 Malmö Singles 2018 Skellefteå Singles 2016 Helsingborg Singles

Matilda Algotsson (born 29 May 1998) is a Swedishfigure skater. She is the2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, the 2015Volvo Open Cup champion, and the 2019Swedish national champion. She placed 13th at the2016 and2017 European Championships.

Matilda Algotsson was born on 29 May 1998 inStockholm, Sweden.^[1] The middle child of Johanna and Anders Algotsson, she has an older sister, Emma, and younger brother, Rickard.^[2]

Algotsson started skating in 2003.^[1]

In the2013–2014 season, Algotsson won the Swedish national junior title and three international medals on the junior level – bronze at theToruń Cup, silver at the Sarajevo Open, and bronze at theNordics. She was assigned to represent Sweden at the2014 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria, but was eliminated after placing 28th in the short program.

In2014–2015, Algotsson debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 20th in Japan. She repeated as the Swedish national junior champion and won junior gold at the Nordics.

Algotsson placed 7th at her2015 JGP assignment inZagreb, Croatia. Making her senior international debut, she won gold at theVolvo Open Cup in November 2015. After winning the senior bronze medal at the Swedish Championships, she was named in Sweden's team to the2016 European Championships inBratislava, Slovakia. Ranked 18th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 10th, lifting her to 13th overall.^[3] At the2016 World Junior Championships, she placed 30th in the short program and did not advance further.

Algotsson was awarded the silver medal at the Swedish Championships, having placed second toJoshi Helgesson. She reached the free skate at the2017 European Championships inOstrava, Czech Republic.

A week before the competition, Sweden decided that Algotsson would replaceJoshi Helgesson at the2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[4] It was the final qualifying opportunity for the2018 Winter Olympics. Algotsson won the silver medal and earned a spot for Sweden in the ladies' event at the Olympics. Algotsson obtained the silver medal in the Swedish national championships and did not reach the final in the European Championships.

Algotsson participated in her first senior Grand Prix event, 2018 Internationaux de France, finishing 12th. She won the gold medal at the2018 Swedish Figure Skating Championships.

For the first time, she finished off the podium at the2019 Swedish Figure Skating Championships. Despite this, she was assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[5]

• Matilda Algotsson at theInternational Skating Union
• Matilda Algotsson at SkatingScores

• 1998 births
• Swedish female single skaters
• Living people
• Figure skaters from Stockholm
• 21st-century Swedish sportswomen

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