Swedish Paralympic star Ebba Årsjö
Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT

Swedish Paralympic star Ebba Årsjö undergoes first surgery: tired but happy

Ebba Årsjö has undergone her first surgery. The alpine Paralympic star will undergo several minor procedures to get rid of pain in one of her legs. "A little sore," she writes in a picture attached to a message from the Swedish Parasports Association.

Advertisement

The 25-year-old was born with Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome, a disease that has meant the muscles in her right leg have not developed as much as in her left.

Now she is waiting for keyhole surgery, in the hope that the condition will improve in the long term and that she can extend her alpine career.

The Paralympic star had another successful Paralympics last winter. Årsjö was superior and took home a total of four medals, three of them gold, in Cortina.

"Finished with the first surgery. A little sore and tired but happy it's done," Årsjö writes to a picture of herself taken after the surgery.

Born: January 12, 2001 in Oskarshamn

Merits in selection: Three Paralympic gold medals in 2026, downhill, super combined and giant slalom. Bronze in super-G.

Two Paralympic gold medals in 2022 in slalom and super combined, bronze in downhill.

Two World Cup gold medals in 2025 (slalom and giant slalom).

Four World Cup gold medals in 2023 (slalom, giant slalom, super-G and super combined).

Two World Cup gold medals in 2022 (slalom and parallel slalom).

In this story
AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
Was this useful?

What do you think?

Keep readingmore from Sports

All