Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (born 5 January 1982) is a

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from

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. She placed 4th in women's

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at the

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. She received a bronze medal at the

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in women's half-pipe in

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. Buaas recovered from a broken leg only a week before her bronze-winning ride. In 2007/2008 she finished World No.3 on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour (

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Competition Results

Swatch TTR 2008/2009 SeasonKjersti's Official Swatch TTR Profile
*3rd – Slopestyle – 6Star Burton European Open (

) *2nd – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton European Open (

) *4th – Halfpipe – 6Star Burton US Open (

) *1st – Slopestyle – 6Star Burton US Open (

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* * * * 1982 births Living people Norwegian female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Trondheim Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics X Games athletes 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-snowboarding-bio-stub