Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (born 20 June 1998) is a Norwegian

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alpine ski racer, representing the club Bærums SK. She specializes in the speed events of

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and

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Career

Lie made her World Cup debut at age 18 in January

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, and has competed in two

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, in

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and

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. She won gold medals in downhill and super-G at the Junior World Championships at Davos in

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. Lie was airlifted to hospital after suffering a left leg injury during the women's super-G World Cup race at Val di Fassa, Italy on 28 February 2021. She was thrown off the course after catching an edge and landed awkwardly in the safety nets. In February

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, she won her first world championships medal, taking bronze in

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, France. Her first World Cup victory came a few weeks later in a downhill at

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, Norway. That victory was the first ever for the Norwegian women's team in a World Cup downhill.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 win – (1 DH) * 6 podiums – (2 DH, 4 SG)

World Championship results

References

External links

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Norwegian Ski Team
– women's alpine, B status 1998 births Living people Skiers from Bærum Norwegian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub