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Cross-country Skiing At The 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 Kilometre Relay
The women's 4 × 5 km relay, a cross-country skiing event at the 1994 Winter Olympics, took place on 22 February at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t .... The race saw Russia beat Norway by 30.1 seconds, with Italy finishing third. Results Sources: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay Women's cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium ( no, Birkebeineren skistadion) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated from the town center and at above mean sea level, it has two stadium areas, one for cross-country and one for biathlon. The former has a capacity for 31,000 spectators, and the latter for 13,500. The venue was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, costing 83.6 million Norwegian krone (NOK). It was subsequently used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic skiing and Paralympic biathlon. After the games, ownership was transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark. The venue has since been used for one Biathlon World Cup, three FIS Cross-Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments, the latter with the ski jumping competition taking place at the nearby Lysgårdsbakken, Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena. Birkebeineren hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municipality include Fåberg, Hunderfossen, Jørstadmoen, Vingnes, and Vingrom. The municipality is the 211th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillehammer is the 38th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 28,425. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period. The town of Lillehammer is the largest urban centre in the municipality. It lies in the central part of the municipality and it is surrounded by more rural areas. The town centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lillehamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Anna-Lena Fritzon (born 7 March 1965) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1994. Her best career finish at the Winter Olympics was sixth twice in the 4 × 5 km relay (1988, 1994) while her best individual finish was ninth in the 20 km event at Calgary in 1988. Fritzon's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 30 km event at Falun in 1993. Her best World Cup finish was second in a 20 km event in Italy in 1988. Fritzon, born in 1965 in Falun, was also a successful triathlete with a second place in European World Championship held in 1986 in Immenstadt, West Germany. She was ninth in the 10 km in the 1984 Biathlon World Championship held in Chamonix, France. As a cross-country skier Fritzon became the first Swedish woman to win a gold medal in Junior World Championship in the 10 km event held in 1985 in Täsch, Switzerland. The same year she was honoured with "Estrellas Gold chips" for the debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Helene Östlund
Marie-Helene Östlund (née Westin, born 14 May 1966), is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. Östlund won a world championship title on the 20 km in Oberstdorf, West Germany, in 1987. For the feat, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with the Swedish ice hockey team. She is married to fellow Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund. In 1994 and 1995, she won Tjejvasan Tjejvasan is a cross-country skiing event in Sweden, running from Oxberg to Mora, a distance of 30 kilometers. It is only open to female skiers. Being annual, the first event was first held in 1988. Winners Winners throughout the years. * 1988 .... Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships * 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) World Cup Season standings Individual podiums * 2 victories * 9 podiums Team podiums * 4 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Frithioff
Anna Frithioff (born 4 December 1962) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 1999. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, and had her best individual finish of ninth in the 5 km event at those same championships. Frithioff's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 13th in the 30 km event at Lillehammer in 1994. She also had two victories at FIS races in Sweden at 5 km (1995, 1998). In 1991 and 1992, she won Tjejvasan Tjejvasan is a cross-country skiing event in Sweden, running from Oxberg to Mora, a distance of 30 kilometers. It is only open to female skiers. Being annual, the first event was first held in 1988. Winners Winners throughout the years. * 1988 .... Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Cup Season standings Team p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan (born Brigitte Albrecht, 6 October 1970) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a seventh place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Albrecht-Loretan's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ... was an 11th in the 15 km event in 1999. She also has twenty victories at various levels in her career from 1995 to 2002. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Championships :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Mettler
Barbara Mettler (born 30 June, 1971) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finishes at Lillehammer in 1994 with a fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay overall and a 23rd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit individually, respectively. Mettler's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 16th in the 30 km at Falun in 1993. Her best World Cup finish was eighth in a 15 km event in Canada in 1991. Mettler's lone career victory was in a 10 km FIS race in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... in 1996. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silke Braun-Schwager
Silke Schwager (née Braun, born 8 April 1969 in Oberwiesenthal, East Germany) is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 1994. She competed for East Germany until 1990, and for Switzerland from 1992. Competing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she earned her best career finish of fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay and had her best individual finish of 33rd in the 30 km event. Schwager finished 38th in the 15 km event at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Her best World Cup finish was 25th in a 5 km event in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ... in 1993. Schwager's best individual career finish was 13th in a 5 km FIS race in Norway in 1992. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger (born 25 April 1968) is a Swiss cross-country skier who “competed” from 1990 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and her best individual finish of 11th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at Lillehammer in 1994. Honegger's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the 15 km event at Falun in 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu .... Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 5 km event in Sweden in 1994. Honegger earned ten individual victories at lesser events at various distances up to 30 km from 1994 to 1999. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjut Rolig
Marjut Rolig (née Lukkarinen; born 4 February 1966 in Lohja) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1990s. She won two medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville with a gold in the 5 km and a silver in the 15 km. Rolig also won a bronze in the 15 km at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships as well. She also won an FIS Race at 5 km in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... in 1993. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games * 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Cup Season standings Individual podiums * 1 victory * 5 podiums Team podiums * 3 podiums Note: Until the 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merja Lahtinen
Merja Lahtinen (born Merja Kuusisto, 1968) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 1998. Competing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she had her best finish of fourth in the 4 × 5 km relay and her best individual finish of 15th in the 30 km event. Lahtinen's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 15 km event at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995. Her best world Cup finish was 11th twice, both in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... (1992, 1995). Lahtinen's best individual career finish was second twice in 5 km FIS races in Finland (1994, 1997). Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born 10 September 1955) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. Career She was the big figure at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, winning all three individual cross-country skiing events (5, 10 and 20 km), and a bronze medal for Finland in the relay. In the process, she became the most successful athlete at the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she won another relay bronze medal, and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won two more bronze medals in the 5 and 30 km. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Kirvesniemi won three golds in the 10 km (1989) and 4 × 5 km relay (1978, 1989), and five silvers in the 5 km (1985, 1991), 10 km (1985) and 15 km (1989, 1993). She also won the 20 km double pursuit at the 1989 Holmenkollen ski festival. Kirvesniemi won the Holmenkollen medal in 1989. Her husband, Harri, would be awarded the Holmenkollen me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
