Trude Dybendahl, sometimes listed as Trude Dybendahl-Hartz or Trude Dybendahl Hartz (born January 8, 1966) 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 who competed from 1986 to 1998. She won three silver medals in the 4 x 5 km at the Winter Olympics (1988, 1992, 1994). Her best individual Olympic finish was 4th in the 30 km event in 1994.

Dybendahl also won six medals 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...

 with one gold (5 km: 1991), two silvers (15 km: 1991, 4 x 5 km: 1997), and three bronzes (4 x 5 km: 1991, 1993; 5 km: 1993). She also won the 20 km double pursuit event at the 1990 Holmenkollen ski festival

Holmenkollen ski festival

The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...

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During her career, Dybendahl represented Kjelsås IL in Oslo. She is today married to Ebbe Hartz, a retired cross country skier from Denmark

Denmark

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