Bente Skari

Bente Skari
nation	Norway
birthday	10th September 1972 (age 47)
place of birth	Oslo , Norway
Career
society	Nittedal IL
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 2 × 2 × World Cup medals 5 × 2 × 0 × JWM medals 1 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver 1998 Nagano Season bronze 1998 Nagano 5 km classic gold 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km classic silver 2002 Salt Lake City Season bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 30 km classic  Nordic World Ski Championships silver 1997 Trondheim Season gold 1999 Ramsau 5 km classic gold 2001 Lahti 10 km classic gold 2001 Lahti 15 km classic silver 2001 Lahti Season gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km classic gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 15 km classic  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 1991 Reit im Winkl Season silver 1992 Vuokatti 5 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 7, 1992  World Cup victories in individual 42 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 1998/99 , 1999/2000 , 2001/02 , 2002/03 )  Sprint World Cup 1. ( 1997/98 , 1998/99 , 1999/2000 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 )

Bente Skari (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo ; born Bente Martinsen ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . She is the daughter of Odd Martinsen . Before she married Geir Skari in 1999, she started under her maiden name Martinsen.

Career

Skari won the 4 × 5 kilometer title with the Norwegian relay team at the Junior World Championships in 1991 in Reit im Winkl . She won her first Olympic medals, a silver one with the relay and a bronze over 5 km, in 1998. At the 2002 Winter Games, she was Olympic champion over 10 km, and she also achieved second place with the relay and third over 30 km. At world championships , Skari won a total of five titles between 1997 and 2003 and achieved two other podium places. In 2001 she was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal (her father received it in 1969).

In the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Skari was also very successful and won a total of 42 races. She achieved 14 victories in her last season in 2002/03 alone, an achievement that no other runner has even come close to achieving. Skari won the overall ranking of the World Cup four times: 1999 (tied with Stefania Belmondo ), 2000, 2002 and 2003.

successes

winter Olympics

• 1998 in Nagano : silver with the relay, bronze over 5 km
• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Gold over 10 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 30 km

World championships

• 1997 in Trondheim : Silver with the relay
• 1999 in Ramsau : Gold over 5 km
• 2001 in Lahti : gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km, silver with the relay
• 2003 in Val di Fiemme : gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km

Norwegian championships

• 1991 : Bronze with the relay
• 1994 : Silver over 10 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 15 km
• 1995 : Silver with the relay
• 1996 : Silver over 15 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 30 km
• 1997 : Gold over 30 km, silver over 5 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 10 km
• 1998 : Gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km, silver over 5 km, bronze over 30 km, bronze with the relay
• 1999 : Gold over 5 km, gold over 10 km, silver over 15 km, silver over 30 km
• 2000 : Gold over 5 km, gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km, silver in the sprint
• 2001 : Gold over 5 km, gold over 30 km, gold in the sprint, silver over 10 km
• 2002 : Gold over 5 km, bronze over 10 km
• 2003 : Gold over 5 km, gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km, gold in the sprint

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 10, 1997	Milan	Sprint freestyle
2.	December 13, 1997	Val di Fiemme	5 km classic
3.	January 9, 1998	Ramsau am Dachstein	5 km classic
4th	December 13, 1998	Toblach	10 km classic
5.	December 27, 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint freestyle
6th	December 28, 1998	Engelberg	Sprint freestyle
7th	December 29, 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint freestyle
8th.	January 5, 1999	Otepää	10 km classic
9.	January 9, 1999	Nové Město	10 km classic
10.	February 20, 1999	Ramsau am Dachstein	5 km classic 1
11.	November 27, 1999	Kiruna	5 km classic
12.	December 29, 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint freestyle
13.	February 28, 2000	Stockholm	Classic sprint
14th	March 8, 2000	Oslo	Classic sprint
15th	March 17, 2000	Bormio	5 km classic
16.	November 25, 2000	Beitostølen	10 km classic
17th	December 16, 2000	Brusson	10 km classic
18th	December 28, 2000	Engelberg	Classic sprint
19th	January 14, 2001	Soldier Hollow	Sprint freestyle
20th	February 1, 2001	Asiago	Sprint freestyle
21st	February 10, 2001	Otepää	5 km classic
22nd	November 24, 2001	Kuopio	10 km classic
23.	December 8, 2001	Cogne	5 km classic
24.	December 15, 2001	Davos	10 km classic
25th	December 19, 2001	Asiago	Classic sprint
26th	January 8, 2002	Val di Fiemme	15 km classic
27.	March 5, 2002	Stockholm	Classic sprint
28.	March 13, 2002	Oslo	Classic sprint
29	November 30, 2002	Kuusamo	10 km classic
30th	December 7, 2002	Davos	10 km freestyle
31.	December 14, 2002	Cogne	15 km freestyle Mst.
32.	December 15, 2002	Cogne	Classic sprint
33.	December 21, 2002	Ramsau am Dachstein	10 km skiathlon
34.	January 12, 2003	Otepää	15 km classic Mst.
35.	January 18, 2003	Nové Město	10 km freestyle
36.	January 25, 2003	Oberhof	10 km classic Mst.
37.	February 15, 2003	Asiago	5 km classic
38.	March 6, 2003	Oslo	Classic sprint
39.	March 8, 2003	Oslo	30 km classic
40.	March 11, 2003	Drammen	Classic sprint
41.	March 20, 2003	Bor length	Sprint freestyle
42.	March 22, 2003	Falun	10 km skiathlon

¹ Nordic World Ski Championships 1999.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 16, 2001	Davos	4 × 5 km relay 2
2.	November 24, 2002	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay 3
3.	December 8, 2002	Davos	4 × 5 km relay 4

²With Tina Bay , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Vibeke Skofterud .

³With Anita Moen , Maj Helen Sorkmo and Vibeke Skofterud.

^4th With Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Maj Helen Sorkmo.

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Long distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1993/94	62	32.	-	-	-	-
1994/95	123	35.	-	-	-	-
1995/96	291	12.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	391	6th	95	10.	232	4th
1997/98	625	2.	106	10.	525	1.
1998/99	768	1.	139	13.	806	1.
1999/2000	1176	1.	216 465	5. 5 6. 6	505	1.
2000/01	990	2.	-	-	430	1.
2001/02	877	1.	-	-	319	1.
2002/03	1392	1.	-	-	410	2.

⁵ Long distance world cup.

^6th Middle distance world cup.

Web links

• Bente Skari in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Bente Skari in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )