Solveig Pedersen (born September 6, 1965) is a former Norwegian

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who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. She won a 4 × 5 km relay silver medal at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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and finished eighth in the 5 km event at those same games. Pedersen also won a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished fourth in the 15 km event at those same games. Her best individual event was third in a 15 km event in

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in 1991. On club level she represented Oddersjaa SSK in

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. Her coach was

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Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

*1 medal – (1 silver)

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 podium

Team podiums

* 4 victories * 9 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the

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, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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* * * 1965 births Living people Norwegian female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Skiers from Oslo {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub