Kari Øyre Slind (born 22 October 1991) is a Norwegian
cross-country skier who represents
Oppdal IL Oppdal may refer to:
Places
*Oppdal Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
*Oppdal (village)
(locally: ''Auna'') is the administrative centre of Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the ...
. She is the younger sister of the twin sisters
Astrid Øyre Slind and
Silje Øyre Slind
Silje Øyre Slind (born 9 February 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier.
She made her World Cup debut in the 2011–12 season opener at Sjusjøen, finishing 32nd. She collected several World Cup points in the 2014–15 season, recording s ...
, who are also cross-country skiers.
Career
In 2008, she won Gold in the 5 km at the Norwegian Junior National Championships, in the time of 12.18.8. That same year she won Bronze at the Spar Cup in cross-country in the K17 class.
In March 2010, she participated in the 2010 Norwegian Junior Ski Championships, and was fifth in the 15 km classic and second in the 5 km freestyle. In addition, she received Gold in the 4 × 3,75 km relay with
Anne Kjersti Kalvå
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She competed at the 2012 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, managing a 34th and 52nd place, also placing lowly at the 2014 Nordic U23 World Ski Championships, but ...
, Silje Dahl Benum, and Valentine Aagaard on the South Trøndelag first team. That same year she made her debut as well in the World Cup, the sprint in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...
.
At the 2010 Junior World Championships, she won Bronze in the sprint and Gold in the relay with
Heidi Weng, Tuva Toft Dahl, and
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (born 9 November 1990) is a Norwegian Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who has competed since 2008.
Career
She won her first competition in the sprint event in the Tour de Ski on 31 December 2013. Her ...
. In January 2011, she participated in the Junior World Championships in
Estonia
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, and this time, won Silver in the 5 km free technique and the classic sprint.
Norway also won Gold in the 4 × 3.3 km relay where she went along with
Ragnhild Haga,
Martine Ek Hagen, and Heidi Weng. In addition, she came in sixth place in the pursuit.
She was part of Oppdal's relay team at the 2012 Norwegian Nationals, where they came in fourth place in the 3 × 5 km relay. The following year, at the
Norway Cup Skiing in 2013 in January, she got Bronze in the 3 × 5 km relay. She was also selected for the
U23 World Ski Championships in 2013, where she won the Bronze in the 15 km Skiathlon behind
Ragnhild Haga and Debora Agreiter.
In the 2015 Norwegian Nationals, she won the 3 × 5 km relay with the Oppdal team of all three Øyre Slinde sisters. In addition, she was fifth place in the free technique team sprint and sixth place in the 30 km classic.
The 2015-16 season was Slind's first full season with the Norwegian national season on the World Cup. She achieved her World Cup personal bests by placing fifth in the Davos 15 km freestyle race on December 12, 2015, and also fifth in the 10 km freestyle stage of Ski Tour Canada on March 11, 2015.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
World Cup
Season standings
References
External links
Norwegian Ski Federation - '' Kari Øyre SLINDE ''
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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Oppdal
Norwegian female cross-country skiers
Tour de Ski skiers
Skiers from Trøndelag
21st-century Norwegian sportswomen