Rottefella is a
Norwegian manufacturing company
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a r ...
of
winter sports
Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold a ...
equipment, more specifically
ski binding
A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasin ...
s. The name "Rottefella" refers to the three-pin binding invented by
Bror With in 1927, inspired on a couple of
rat traps he had seen in a hardware store. The binding were more formally known as the "75mm Nordic Norm".
The binding was the standard for
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...
for decades. Rottefella also produces one of the two systems that have largely replaced the 75mm, the New Nordic Norm.
NewTelemarkGuide.com
Description of NTN - New Telemark Norm
Sponsorships
Some skiers who ski on Rottefella bindings include:
* Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen () (born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medali ...
* Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm (; born 2 August 1976 in Schmalkalden) is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces ('' Bundeswehr'') with the rank of master sergeant ('' Hauptfeldwebel''). ...
* Julija Tchepalova
Yulia Anatolyevna Chepalova (russian: Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR) is a former Russian cross-country skier.
Early and current personal life
Daughter of a cros ...
* 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 go ...
* Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
* Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (russian: Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева; born 16 May 1978) is a former Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994. After not competing in the 2014–15 season, Zaitseva announced her retirement o ...
* Kateřina Neumannová
Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a Czech retired cross-country skier. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to have competed at s ...
* Magnus Moan
* Kris Freeman
* David Chamberlain
* Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a D ...
* Leif Zimmerman
References
External links
Official website
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Manufacturing companies of Norway
Ski equipment manufacturers
Norwegian inventions