Inger Helene Nybråten
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Inger Helene Nybråten (born 8 December 1960 in Fagernes
, Oppland
) is a former Norwegian
Cross-country skier
who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.
She won three relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (1984) and two silvers (1992, 1994). Nybråten's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
, where she earned one gold (4 x 5 km: 1982), one silver (4 x 5 km: 1995), and four bronzes (15 km: 1995, 4 x 5 km relay: 1989, 1991, and 1993). She also won six World Cup
events from 1984 to 1995.
She represented the club Skrautvål IL, in Skrautvål
.
Fagernes
is the largest settlement in the valley of Valdres, Norway, with a population of 1,801. Fagernes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal.See video from the Fagernes Town : *...
, Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
) is a former Norwegian
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
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.
She won three relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (1984) and two silvers (1992, 1994). Nybråten's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...
, where she earned one gold (4 x 5 km: 1982), one silver (4 x 5 km: 1995), and four bronzes (15 km: 1995, 4 x 5 km relay: 1989, 1991, and 1993). She also won six 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...
events from 1984 to 1995.
She represented the club Skrautvål IL, in Skrautvål
Skrautvål
Skrautvål is a village in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway.It is located north of Fagernes, and north-east of the lake Sæbufjorden and Norwegian National Road 51....
.