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Norway At The 1998 Winter Olympics
Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined Biathlon ;Men ;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay ;Women ;Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay : 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. : 2 One minute added per missed target. Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men : 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women : 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Women's 4 × 5 km relay Curling Men's tournament Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Medal round Semi-final Bronze medal game Women's tournament Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Contestants Freestyle skiing ;Women Nordic combined Men's individual Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 15 km cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Olympic And Paralympic Committee And Confederation Of Sports
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations. The current president is Berit Kjøll. History The organisation was founded in 1861 as ''Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug'', and has later changed its name several times. The current name dates from 2007. Former presidents The presidents before 1940: Centralforeningen 1861–1910 *1861-1864 Otto Richard Kierulf *1864-1867 Nils Christian Irgens *1867-1869 Otto Richard Kierulf *1869-1878 Lars Broch *1878-1881 Lars Christian Dahll *1881-1885 Edvard Eriksen *1885-1887 Olaf Wilhelm Petersen *1887-1892 Anders Løwlie *1892-1902 Carl Sylow *1902-1904 Thorvald Prydz *1904-1906 Frithjof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen (born 7 May 1971) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. Born in Gjøvik, the all-rounder won no World Cup Races during his active career, but gained several podiums, especially in the 1994/95 season, where he ended third in the Giant Slalom World Cup behind Alberto Tomba and Jure Kosir. The 13th place in the overall Alpine skiing World Cup was to become his best classification in any year. In the following years Strand Nilsen specialised in slalom and regularly managed to be among the top 15 in World Cup races. However, he would never quite tie in with his earlier successes of 1994 and 1995. In the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994 he won third place in the Combined event, behind his fellow countrymen Lasse Kjus and Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frode Andresen
Frode Andresen (born 9 September 1973) is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier. Early life Andresen was born in the Netherlands, and lived one year each in Cape Town, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya, because of his parents' careers. They settled in Norway when Frode was four, and a year later he learnt to cross-country ski, taking up biathlon when he was twelve. Biathlon career Andresen started competing in 1985 and has 15 World cup victories. In all Andresen had 47 podium finishes, 15 1st (including three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with two sprint wins (2000, 2001) and one pursuit (2001)), 15 2nd and 17 3rd places. On the January 22, 2006, Frode Andresen won the Golden Cup, which is a trophy awarded to the biathlete with the most points during the three world cup events after Christmas. Andresen is one of the fastest skiers in the field, but his shooting accuracy is questionable, his 03/04 season shooting stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halvard Hanevold
Halvard Hanevold (3 December 1969 – 3 September 2019) was a Norwegian biathlete. Career Hanevold won medals in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics by winning his first Olympic gold followed by another gold four years later. He won the bronze medal in the men's 20 km individual and the silver medal in the men's 10 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He won the last medal of his Olympic career in the 4 × 7.5 km relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Hanevold participated in 16 World Championships from 1994 to 2009. He was a part of the team in 1993 in Borovets as a reserve, but did not participate in any races. In his career, he recorded 40 podiums at World Cup level, with the last podium being in the final race of his final season. Hanevold retired after the 2009–10 season. He was a close friend to Swedish biathlete Björn Ferry. Death Hanevold died on 3 September 2019 at the age of 49 in his home in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Gjelland
Egil Gjelland (born 12 November 1973) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Egil Gjelland grew up in Voss, the home of many world class biathletes, and started doing biathlon at the age of 15. He first entered the national team in 1996. Gjelland's strength is in shooting. His greatest triumphs have come on Norway's relay team, where he was a regular feature for several years, thanks to his ability to keep his cool and deliver faultless shooting. In the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won the gold medal on the relay, together with Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold and Frode Andresen. In the Biathlon World Championship 2005 in Hochfilzen, Gjelland again helped win the relay, Norway's first relay-gold in the world championships for 38 years. He won one race in the Biathlon World Cup, the pursuit in Östersund on 17 December 2004. Egil Gjelland is a carpenter by trade. He marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trine Bakke-Rognmo
Trine Bakke (born 11 January 1975 in Trondheim) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. By the end of her career, she had won two World cup competitions in slalom (St. Anton 1999 and Maribor, 2000). The highlight in her career came at the WC 1999 in Vail where she won the bronze medal in slalom behind Zali Steggall and Pernilla Wiberg. Bakke competed in alpine skiing for Norway at the 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ..., 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakke, Trine 1975 births Norwegian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Skiers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrine Flemmen
Andrine Flemmen (born 29 December 1974 in Molde) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. Her favourite discipline was giant slalom. In this discipline she won three World Cup races. Her career highlight was a silver medal at the WC 1999 in Vail, with gold going to the Austrian Alexandra Meissnitzer Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines. From Abtenau, Salzburg, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, .... World Cup victories References 1974 births Living people People from Molde Norwegian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriyo Hiroi
(born 1976) is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and also at the 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ... and 2006 Winter Olympics. References 1976 births Living people Japanese female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Japan Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Helen Marken
Ingeborg Helen Marken (born 23 January 1975) is a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Kongsberg. She competed at the Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998, and in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ... in 2002. She was Norwegian champion in giant slalom and in alpine combined in 1995, in Super-G in 1997 and 1998, and in downhill in 2000 and 2002. She represented the sports club Eggedal IL. She is a twin sister of cross-country skier Anne Kristi Marken. References External links * 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Kongsberg Skiers from Viken (county) Norwegian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Norwegian twins Twin sportspeople {{No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Gimle
Trude Charlotte Gimle (born 2 December 1974) is a Norwegian alpine skier. She was born in Aurskog. She competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ... . References External links * 1974 births Living people People from Aurskog-Høland Norwegian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Kristiansen
Kristine Kristiansen (born November 19, 1975) is a Norwegian alpine skier. She was born in Oslo. She competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, later competed at the 1993 Junior World Championships, the 1994 Junior World Championships, the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1999 World Championships. She made her FIS Alpine Ski World Cup debut in December 1994 in Lake Louise, where she also collected her first World Cup points with a 30th-place finish. Her first top-15 finish came in Lenzerheide with a 13th place in March 1995, and her first and only top-10 placement came in Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ... with a 9th place in January 1998. Her last World Cup outing was in February 2001. References External links * 1975 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Petter Buraas
Hans Petter Buraas (born 20 March 1975 in Bærum) is a Norwegian Alpine skier. He won the slalom gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. He has raced 10 seasons in the World Cup (per 2005), and he obtained one victory in a World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... competition. World Cup victories External links * * * * Norwegian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway 1975 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skiers from Bærum Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
