Torill Fjeldstad (born February 22, 1958) is a former Norwegian

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.Torill Fjeldstad
in

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She was born in

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. In the early 1980s she belonged to the downhill world elite. By the pass of her career she achieved five podium places in the

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: *1975: 3rd place in slalom in

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*1981: 2nd place in Piancavallo (Italy) and two third places in

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(Austria) and in Mégève (France) *1982: 3rd place in

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(USA) At the

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in Lake Placid she finished seventh in the downhill race. At the World Championships 1982 in

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she so nearly made the downhill podium she finished 4th in the downhill race. She retired as an alpine skier in 1984.

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* * 1958 births Living people Norwegian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub