Bente Skari
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross-country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 10 km classical | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 × 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 5 km classical | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 30 km classical | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1999 Ramsau | 5 km | |
| Gold | 2001 Lahti | 10 km | |
| Gold | 2001 Lahti | 15 km | |
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 10 km | |
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 15 km | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
Bente Skari nèe Martinsen (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo) is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway.
She won her first Olympic medals in 1998, and won her first gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics, coming from behind to beat the favourites Olga Danilova and Julija Tchepalova in the last kilometers of the 10 km classical event. She also won a bronze medal in 30 km classical as well as a silver medal in the relay.
Additionally, she won five gold medals (5 km: 1999, 10 km: 2001, 2003, and 15 km: 2001, 2003) from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, as well as two silver (4 x 5km: 1997, 2001) medals. She won the overall cross-country skiing World Cup four times before retiring after the 2002/03 season.
Skari also won the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2003. In 2001 she received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Adam Malysz and Thomas Alsgaard). Her father, Odd Martinsen, earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1969. They are the only father-daughter combination to ever win this prestigious honour.
Bente Skari was named Martinsen before marrying Geir Skari in 1999.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile (Shown as Bente Skari Martinsen.)
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1952: Lydia Wideman * 1956: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1960: Maria Gusakova * 1964: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968: Toini Gustafsson * 1972: Galina Kulakova * 1976: Raisa Smetanina * 1980: Barbara Petzold * 1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen * 1988: Vida Vencienė * 2002: Bente Skari * 2006: Kristina Šmigun
1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Alevtina Kolchina * 1970: Galina Kulakova * 1974: Galina Kulakova * 1978: Helena Takalo * 1982: Berit Aunli * 1985: Anette Bøe * 1987: Marjo Matikanen * 1991: Trude Dybendahl * 1993: Larisa Lazutina * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Bente Martinsen
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1958: Alevtina Kolchina * 1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1970: Alevtina Olyunina * 1974: Galina Kulakova * 1978: Zinaida Amosova * 1982: Berit Aunli * 1985: Anette Bøe * 1987: Anne Jahren * 1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi * 1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe * 1991: Yelena Välbe * 2001: Bente Skari * 2003: Bente Skari * 2005: Kateřina Neumannová * 2007: Kateřina Neumannová
1989: Marjo Matikainen * 1991: Yelena Välbe * 1993: Yelena Välbe * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Stefania Belmondo * 2001: Bente Skari * 2003: Bente Skari
| Preceded by Kazuyoshi Funaki |
Holmenkollen medal with Adam Małysz & Thomas Alsgaard 2001 |
Succeeded by Felix Gottwald & Ronny Ackermann |
Categories: 1972 births | Competitors at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Norwegian cross-country skiers | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Olympic silver medalists for Norway | Olympic bronze medalists for Norway | Winter Olympics medalists
