Rottefella is a

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winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold area ...

equipment, more specifically

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s. The name "Rottefella" refers to the three-pin binding invented by

Bror With Bror With (19 June 1900 – 9 December 1985) was a Norwegian mechanical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Bror With is perhaps most associated with his invention of the ''Rottefella'' ("Rat Trap") ski binding, which he developed in 1927. Af ...

in 1927, inspired on a couple of

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s he had seen in a hardware store. The binding were more formally known as the "75mm Nordic Norm". The binding was the standard for

cross-country skiing 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 ...

for decades. Rottefella also produces one of the two systems that have largely replaced the 75mm, the New Nordic Norm.NewTelemarkGuide.com
Description of NTN - New Telemark Norm

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Some skiers who ski on Rottefella bindings include: *

Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen () (born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional Biathlon, biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the List of multip ...

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* Julija Tchepalova *

Halvard Hanevold Halvard Hanevold (3 December 1969 – 3 September 2019) was a Norwegian biathlete. Career Hanevold won medals in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics by winning his first Olympic gold followed by another gold ...

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Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a Czech retired cross-country skier. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to have competed at s ...

Magnus Moan Magnus Hovdal Moan (born 26 August 1983) is a retired Norwegian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002 until 2019. Background Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with ...

Kris Freeman Kris Freeman (born October 14, 1980 Concord, New Hampshire) is a former professional American cross-country skier. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team, along with his older brother Justin Freeman. He competed in the Winter Olympics for the fir ...

David Chamberlain David Chamberlain (born December 25, 1975) is a cross-country skier from the United States. He was born and raised in Wilton, Maine and took up cross-country skiing in high school. He then attended Bates College, and was an All-American in skiin ...

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* Leif Zimmerman

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