Marit Elisabeth Mikkelsplass (born Marit Wold on 22 February 1965) is a former

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1998. She represented Kjelsås IL in Oslo. Today she is married to former Norwegian cross-country skier

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 29 April 1961) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1981 to 1997. He won the 15 km silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Mikkelsplass also won the 15 km event at the Holm ...

. Mikkelsplass has three silver medals from the

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, earning them in the 30 km (1994) and the 4 × 5 km relay (1988, 1998). She also has three medals from the

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kraa two silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 1995, 1997) and a bronze (30 km: 1997).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 3 medals – (3 silver)

World Championships

* 3 medals – (2 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*2 victories *11 podiums

Team podiums

* 3 victories * 18 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikkelsplass, Marit 1965 births Living people Norwegian female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway Skiers from Oslo