Lene Løseth

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Lene Løseth Alpine skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 26th November 1986 (age 33)
place of birth Ålesund , Norway
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom
society Spjelkavik IL
status resigned
End of career February 2011
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Briançonnais 2003 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut December 12, 2004
 Overall World Cup 91st ( 2008/09 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 39th ( 2009/10 )
 Slalom World Cup 39th (2008/09)
 

Lene Løseth (born November 26, 1986 in Ålesund ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . She started in the giant slalom and slalom disciplines and was a member of the Norwegian national ski team until 2011. Her younger sisters Nina and Mona were also ski racers.

Career

In November 2001 Løseth competed in her first FIS races , appearances in the European Cup followed from November 2002. She celebrated her first successes in 2003 when she won the silver medal in giant slalom at the Junior World Championships and the gold medal in slalom at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Bled . On December 12, 2004 it was used for the first time in the World Cup at the slalom in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee . She achieved her first World Cup points in January 2006 with place 27 at the slalom in Zagreb .

Over the years Løseth was unable to establish himself in the World Cup. In most races she did not qualify for the second run. Her best results are two 20th places, which she achieved in the 2008/09 season at the slaloms at Semmering and Garmisch-Partenkirchen . She was more successful in the European Cup, where she celebrated her first victory in the giant slalom in Trysil on November 26, 2008 and finished second in the discipline classification at the end of the season. In the 2009/10 season she won the giant slalom classification with her second victory in Crans-Montana and another three podium places. At Norwegian championships , she won a total of five titles from 2005 to 2008.

Lene Løseth started at the 2007 World Championships in Åre . She was 23rd in the slalom and 38th in the giant slalom. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère , she reached 19th place in the giant slalom. After missing World Cup points in the 2010/2011 season, Løseth announced her retirement from ski racing in February 2011.

successes

World championships

Junior World Championships

World cup

  • Two placements among the top 20

European Cup

date place country discipline
November 26, 2008 Trysil Norway Giant slalom
January 25, 2010 Crans-Montana Switzerland Giant slalom

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Lene Løseth legger opp. Sunnmørsposten, February 28, 2011, accessed May 1, 2011 (Norwegian)
  2. Alpine careers over for Lene Løseth. Verdens Gang , March 6, 2011, accessed May 1, 2011 (Norwegian)