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Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren (born 30 March 1983) is a
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cross-country skier who has been competing since 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either in ...
in
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. Her best individual finish at the
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is 26th in the individual sprint at
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. Johansson Norgren's best individual finish at the
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was 11th in the 10 km event at
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. She has a total of eight individual victories at various levels up to 30 km since 2002. Johansson Norgren's best individual World Cup finish was eighth in the sprint event in
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in 2006. On 31 January 2016 she won the women's edition of the
Marcialonga Marcialonga is a cross-country ski race which is arranged for the last Sunday in January in Trentino in Italy. It was first held in 1971 and has been a part of Worldloppet as long as Worldloppet has been around. The run begins in Moena, where the ...
ski marathon race in
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. She won the
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 ...
in 2016, On 25 February 2017, she once again won Tjejvasan. She also won Tjejvasan in 2019. and the ski marathon
Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the c ...
in 2017 and 2019. In February 2020, she won Tjejvasan once again. On 26 February 2022, she again won the same race. On 8 April 2022, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.


Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).


Olympic Games


World Championships

* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)


World Cup


Season standings


Team podiums

* 2 victories – (1 , 1 ) * 8 podiums – (5 , 3 )


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Norgren, Britta Johansson 1983 births Living people People from Uppsala Municipality Cross-country skiers from Uppsala County Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Swedish female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing