Didrik Marksten
Didrik Marksten 
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 Norway
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| birthday | 1st March 1971 (age 49) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Oslo , Norway | ||||||||||||
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Downhill , super-G , slalom , giant slalom , combination |
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| society | Ready Oslo | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 1994 | ||||||||||||
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Didrik Marksten (born March 1, 1971 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . He drove in all disciplines, with the most successful in giant slalom and super-G .
biography
Marksten made his first international appearance at the 1990 Junior World Championships in Zinal . He took his first points in a World Cup race on January 5, 1991 as 14th in the Super-G from Garmisch-Partenkirchen . His best result of the season was sixth place in the Super-G at Lake Louise two and a half months later . At the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm , he finished eighth in the giant slalom and in the combination .
In the first half of the 1991/92 season Marksten did not get beyond a 14th place. Then, on February 2, 1992, he surprisingly won the giant slalom in Saint-Gervais , ahead of Alberto Tomba and Markus Wasmeier . This qualified him for the 1992 Winter Olympics , where he was eliminated in both giant slalom and slalom. At the end of the World Cup season, a third place followed in the giant slalom in Crans-Montana .
Marksten could not confirm these successes in the 1992/93 season ; the best result was an eighth place. The 1993 World Cup ended with two failures for him. After he did not get beyond a 19th place in the 1993/94 season , he resigned from top-class sport.
successes
World championships
- Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 8th giant slalom, 8th combination
World cup
- 7 placements among the top ten, including 1 victory:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| 2nd February 1992 | Saint-Gervais | France | Giant slalom |
Junior World Championships
- Zinal 1990 : 14th descent, 21st giant slalom
Web links
- Didrik Marksten in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Didrik Marksten in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Didrik Marksten in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Marksten, Didrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |