Ola Berger (born 15 March 1979) is a

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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 equipmen ...

and

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. Berger was born in

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. He started ski mountaineering in 1997 and competed first in 2006. He studied at

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. He is related to the orienteer and ski mountaineer

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

. Between 2004 and 2011 Berger won the Vértex Vinter solo event six times and the duo event twice.

Selected results

* 2006: ** 2nd,

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race ** 6th, Norwegian Championship * 2007: ** 8th, European Championship relay race (together with Ola Herje Hovdenak, Martin Bartnes and Ove-Erik Tronvoll) * 2008: ** 5th,

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

(together with

Alexandre Pellicier Alexandre Pellicier (born 9 December 1981) is a French ski mountaineer. Pellicier is born in the Tarentaise Valley and lives in Albertville. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first at Pierra Menta "juniors" race in the same year ...

) ** 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, ...

combination ranking ** 7th, World Championship relay race (together with Ove-Erik Tronvoll, Ola Herje Hovdenak and Ole-Jakob Sande) ** 9th, World Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 9th, World Championship team race (together with Ola Herje Hovdenak) * 2009: ** 7th, European Championship relay race (together with Ola Herje Hovdenak, Ove-Erik Tronvoll and Rolv Eriksrud) * 2010: ** 7th,

relay race (together with Ove-Erik Tronvoll, Ola Herje Hovdenak and

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)5. ISMF World Championships - relays men (AD)
, www.skimounaineering.org * 2011: ** 8th,

relay, together with Ola Herje Hovdenak, Ove-Erik Tronvoll and

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** 9th, World Championship vertical race * 2012: ** 6th, European Championship relay, together with Ola Herje Hovdenak, Ove-Erik Tronvoll and Olav Tronvoll

Cross-country skiing results

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

World Cup

Season standings

References

External links

Ola Berger
at ''Skimountaineering.org'' * 1979 births Living people Norwegian male ski mountaineers Norwegian male cross-country skiers Skiers from Trondheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni {{Skimountaineering-bio-stub