Maria Therese Tviberg (born 7 April 1994) is a Norwegian
World Cup
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alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
and
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
. She competed at the
2015 World Championships in
Beaver Creek, USA, in the
Super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...
,
Downhill
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock
* ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse
* ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...
, and
Combined
Combined may refer to:
* Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing as a single event
** Super combined (skiing)
* Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event
* T ...
.
On 28 November
2017
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, Tviberg was injured during a
downhill
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock
* ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse
* ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...
training run at
Lake Louise in
Alberta
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,
Canada
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.
was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital,
and missed the remainder of the season.
World Cup results
Season standings
:
Top ten finishes
*0 podiums; 11 top tens (7
SL, 3
GS, 1
AC)
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
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1994 births
Norwegian female alpine skiers
Living people
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Norway
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Sportspeople from Bergen
Skiers from Vestland
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