Marit Henie Moe (13 February 1925 – 4 November 2012) was a Norwegian figure skater who competed in

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

and pair skating. She was a cousin of figure skater

Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion ( 1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champi ...

. She competed for the club Oslo SK in the early 1930s, but later for

Oslo IL Oslo Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Oslo, with sections for swimming, speed skating, figure skating and athletics. History It was founded on 3 September 1893 as Kristiania Idrætsforening, partly on the ruins of the clubs ''Dovre ...

during the heyday of her career. Her skating partner was Erling BjerkhoelMarit Henie's obituary
She competed at the

1947 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1947 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skati ...

, where she placed 11th in pairs, with partner Erling Bjerkhoel. She also participated at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

. Henie also won the

Norwegian Figure Skating Championships The Norwegian Figure Skating Championships are the figure skating national championships held annually to crown the national champions of Norway. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, ...

in 1946, 1947 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951, and won the King's Cup in 1946 and 1947.

Results

Ladies singles

Pairs

(with Bjerkhoel)

References

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* 1925 births 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian female single skaters Norwegian female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Norway 20th-century Norwegian women {{Norway-figure-skating-bio-stub