Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 × 5 km | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | 10 km classical | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Oberstdorf | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | Individual sprint | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 10 km | |
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 11 August 1964) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km classical interval start event. Pedersen is the oldest woman ever to win a cross country skiing World Cup race, which she did at age 41 in January 2006 in Otepää, Estonia.
Pedersen has also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one gold (4 x 5 km: 2005), 2 silvers (4 x 5 km: 2001, 2003), and two bronzes (Individual sprint, 10 km: both 2003).
She also won the Egebergs Ærespris in 2003.
The 42 year old decided to make a surprise comeback in the world cup in the 2006/2007 season.
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2005 Norway Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Virpi Kuitunen
(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova
1958 Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina
1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina
(As 4 x 5 km) 1974 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova
1978 Finland Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo
1982 Norway Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova
1989 Finland Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen
1991 Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe
1993 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova
1995 Russia Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk
1997 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe
1999 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2001 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
| Preceded by Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
Egebergs Ærespris 2003 |
Succeeded by Trond Einar Elden |
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