Vilde Nilsen (born 12 January 2001) is a Norwegian Paralympic
cross-country skier and
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...
.
Career
She made her Paralympic debut during the
2018 Winter Paralympics
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, nations = 49
, athletes = 569
, events = 80 in 6 sports
, opening = 9 March
, closing = 18 March
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...
at the age of 17. Vilde Nilsen claimed a silver medal in the
women's 1.5km sprint classic standing cross-country skiing event as a part of the
2018 Winter Paralympics
)
, nations = 49
, athletes = 569
, events = 80 in 6 sports
, opening = 9 March
, closing = 18 March
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...
, which is also her first Paralympic medal.
She won the gold medal in the women's 10km standing cross-country skiing event at the
2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships
The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...
held in Lillehammer, Norway.
She also won the silver medal in the women's long-distance standing cross-country skiing event.
References
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2001 births
Living people
Norwegian female biathletes
Norwegian female cross-country skiers
Paralympic biathletes for Norway
Paralympic cross-country skiers for Norway
Paralympic silver medalists for Norway
Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway
Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Sportspeople from Tromsø
Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
21st-century Norwegian women
21st-century Norwegian people
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