Marie Solberg (born 6 June 1988) is a Norwegian

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from

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. She took part in the

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in the Sonar class and won a bronze medal together with Per Eugen Kristiansen and Aleksander Wang-Hansen. She works as a

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and graduated from Høgskolen i Østfold,

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. In January 2012 Team Sonar Norway, which she is a part of, won the World Sailing Championships in their class in

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. She joined the team in 2009 and her best performance was the medal at the Summer Paralympics in 2012.

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''Bronse i Paralympics''. Article in sa.no
* 1988 births Living people Norwegian female sailors (sport) Norwegian disabled sportspeople Paralympic sailors for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Paralympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Sarpsborg 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-Paralympic-medalist-stub