Barbra Mette Stockfleth "Babben" Enger-Damon (née ''Enger'' on 19 September 1939) is a retired
Norwegian
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cross-country skier who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay and finished eighth in the 10 km in 1968. Domestically she won the 10 km Norwegian title in 1963 and 1964.
Enger is the daughter of Norwegian painter
Erling Enger. Between the 1964 and 1968 she married American cross-country skier
Larry Damon
Lawrence "Larry" Snow Damon (born December 8, 1933) is a retired American cross-country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
Early years
Born December 8, 1933 in Burlington, Vermont, Damon attended Bur ...
; they first lived in Norway, but later moved to
Vermont
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in the United States.
Larry Damon
sports-reference.com Besides skiing she competed in the national championships in sailing and orienteering, a won one a gold medal in sailing and a silver and bronze medals in orienteering.
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Cross-country skiing results
Olympic Games
*1 medal – (1 gold)
References
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
1939 births
Norwegian female cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Skiers from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian women
20th-century Norwegian people
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