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Oct 04, 1977 Stockholm, Sweden 46 years old
Swedish alpine skier
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About Janette Hargin
- Janette Hargin (born 4 October 1977, Stockholm) is a Swedish former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.
- During her alpine skiing career she won six Swedish national titles and scored six top ten finishes in alpine skiing World Cup races, including a career best of second in a combined in Åre in 2002.
- At the 2002 Winter Olympics she finished 25th in the downhill, 27th in the super-G and 31st in the giant slalom, whilst in 2006 she finished 12th in the combined, 17th in the downhill and 22nd in the super-G.
- Her best result in an Alpine Skiing World Championships was a 12th in the super-G in 2003.After nine years on the alpine World Cup circuit, in 2007 Hargin retired from alpine skiing and switched to freeskiing.
- She has enjoyed success as a freeskier, becoming Freeride World Tour champion in 2011 and winning three Scandinavian and two Swedish titles in big mountain skiing.
- She retired from competitive freeskiing in 2012.
- She has commentated on alpine skiing for the Swedish television channel TV4.She is the sister of Mattias Hargin, a fellow alpine skier.
- Janette and Mattias' sister Christine has competed alongside Janette in freeskiing and has also enjoyed success, succeeding Janette as Freeride World Tour champion in 2012.
