Heidi Weng
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Heidi Weng is a Norwegian
cross-country skier and fell runner
.
In cross country skiing her best individual World Cup
finish is a thirteenth place at 10 km event in Sjusjøen
in November 2011. She has won three gold medals at the Junior World Championships, two in relay and one in pursuit.
She is a Norwegian senior champion in fell running
in 2010, and placed fourth at the World Junior Championships in the same year. She is also a Norwegian junior champion in cross-country running.
She hails from Ytre Enebakk
, but represents the club IL i BUL
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
cross-country skier and fell runner
Fell running
Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty...
.
In cross country skiing her best individual World Cup
FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31...
finish is a thirteenth place at 10 km event in Sjusjøen
Sjusjøen
Sjusjøen is a Norwegian skiing destination with forest and mountain terrain, about 20 km east of the centre of Lillehammer, at . The area is located in the municipality of Ringsaker, Hedmark...
in November 2011. She has won three gold medals at the Junior World Championships, two in relay and one in pursuit.
She is a Norwegian senior champion in fell running
Fell running
Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty...
in 2010, and placed fourth at the World Junior Championships in the same year. She is also a Norwegian junior champion in cross-country running.
She hails from Ytre Enebakk
Ytre Enebakk
Ytre Enebakk is a village and a forest and farming village in the municipality Enebakk in Akershus. The village has 3,359 inhabitants as of 1 January 2009, and is located 10 kilometers southwest of the municipal center of Kirkebygda and 30 kilometers from Oslo, Norway's capital...
, but represents the club IL i BUL
IL i BUL
Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag....
.