Malene Haukøy (born 12 July 1991) is a Norwegian

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

trail runner Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents. It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Unlike ro ...

and member of the national selection. Haukøy was born in

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. She started ski mountaineering at the age of 15 years. Besides several notable results in juniors' class rankings, she placed twice in the seniors' top ten rankings by participating in relay events at the 2010 and 2011

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

. Haukøy currently lives in

Sogndalsfjøra Sogndalsfjøra is a village in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. The village is located about northwest of the ...

. Her younger brother Eirik also competes in ski mountaineering races.

Selected results

* 2010: 6th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

, relay, together with

Marit Tveite Bystøl Marit Tveite Bystøl (born 20 November 1981) is a Norwegian ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2007: ** 9th, European Championship team race (together with Bodil Ryste) * 2008: ** 4th, World Championship relay race (together with Lene Peder ...

and Oddrun Brakstad Orset * 2011: 8th,

, relay, together with

Ingvild Ryggen Carstens Ingvild Ryggen Kristinsdatter Carstens (born 14 October 1980) is a Norwegian ski mountaineer and former heptathlete. Carstens hails from Trondheim, and attended the Trondheim Cathedral School. Currently she lives in Innsbruck, Austria, where she ...

and

Mari Fasting Mari Fasting (born 1 March 1985) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and ski mountaineer. She is a two-time Junior World Orienteering Champion. She represents the club NTNUI of Trondheim, and is related to the ski mountaineer Ola Berger. ...

6. ISMF World Championships - women's relay
, ISMF. * 2016: 5th, Altitoy-Ternua, together with

Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson (born 8 February 1981) is a Sweden, Swedish long-distance runner who also competes in ski mountaineering. In 2003 – 2006 she won a total of ten gold medals in Swedish championships in track & field and cross country running, plus t ...

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References

1991 births Living people Norwegian female ski mountaineers People from Høyanger Skiers from Vestland 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-wintersport-bio-stub