Maria Pietilä Holmner

Who is Maria Pietilä Holmner?

Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. She specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2002. Her first World Cup win came at a slalom in Aspen in November 2010. Through December 2013, she has two World Cup victories and five podiums.

Pietilä-Holmner has four medals in the World Championships, two as an individual and two in the team events. She was the silver medalist in giant slalom in 2007 at Åre, Sweden. Four years later in 2011, she won 2 bronze medals at Garmish-Partenkirchen in the slalom and the team event. At Schladming in 2013, she won a silver in the team event.