Signe Trosten
Signe Trosten (born March 30, 1970, in Tana Municipality) is a former Norway, Norwegian biathlon, biathlete. She participated on the Norwegian team that received a bronze medal in ''team race'' in the 1991 Biathlon World Championships in Lahti."Biathlon – World Championships – Women: Team Race"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 26, 2008) She also participated in Novosibirsk in the 1992 world championships, where the team finished 5th. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville where her team finished 7th in the Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 3 x 7.5 km relay.

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* 1970 births Living people People from Tana, Norway Sportspeople from Finnmark Norwegian female ...
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Biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not timed per se, but depending on the competition, missed shots result in extra distance or time being added to the contestant's total. History According to ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', the biathlon "is rooted in the skiing traditions of Scandinavia, where early inhabitants revered the Norse god Ullr as both the ski god and the hunting god." In modern times, the activity that developed into this sport was an exercise for Norwegians as alternative training for the military. Norwegian skiing regiments organized military skiing contests in the 18th century, divided into four classes: shooting at mark while skiing at top speed, downhill race among trees, downhill race on big hills without falling, and a long race on flat ground while carrying a r ...
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