Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 8 November 1964) is a

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. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km relay at the

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. At the

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, 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

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, Estonia. Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also won six medals at the

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, including two golds (4 × 5 km relay, team sprint: both 2005), two silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 2001, 2003), and two bronzes (Individual sprint, 10 km: both 2003). In 2004, she won

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. She also won the

Egebergs Ærespris The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigr ...

in 2002. This prestigious prize is awarded to athletes who reach international top level in one sport and concurrently perform at national level (or better) in a second sport. Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also competed in

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, a sport in which she received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the

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,World Ski Orienteering Championships
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved 19 June 2008) and she has also won the overall World Cup (1997).World Cup in Ski Orienteering
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved 19 June 2008)Ski-World Cup 1997
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved 19 June 2008) At age 42, Gjermundshaug Pedersen decided to make a comeback in the World Cup for the 2006–07 season. In January 2008 she won her seventh Norwegian Championships gold medal, in the 10 km interval start race. An unparalleled historic curiosum is the Norwegian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 3 × 5 km relay of 2006, where the entire winning team of Nybygda consisted of Gjermundshaug Pedersens: mother Hilde with her two twin daughters Eli and Ida.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 6 medals – (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory *13 podiums

Team podiums

* 16 victories – (9 , 7 ) * 24 podiums – (17 , 7 )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Norwegian female cross-country skiers Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway 1964 births Ski-orienteers Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hamar