Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (* 10. February 1973 in Stavanger as Gunn-Rita Dahle ) is a Norwegian mountain biker .
Athletic career
Gunn-Rita Dahle grew up in Bjørheimsbygd, Strand municipality , east of Stavanger. In 1995 she was the first national champion on the mountain bike, in cross country . Since then she has been European and world champion in cross country and marathon several times . She won the World Cup five times and was Norwegian champion eight times (as of 2014).
Dahle competed five times at the Olympic Games: At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , she won the gold medal in cross country, after having finished fourth in Atlanta in 1996, eight years earlier . In 2016 , she took tenth place. In 2008 and 2012 she could not finish the races.
Honors
Gunn-Rita Dahle was honored with the induction into the Hall of Fame of the European cycling association Union Européenne de Cyclisme . She is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . In 2004 she was awarded the Aftenposten gold medal.
successes
- 1995
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
- 2002
- World Champion - Cross Country
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2003
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2004
- World Champion - Marathon
- Olympic Champion - Cross Country
- World Champion - Cross Country
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2005
- World Champion - Marathon
- World Champion - Cross Country
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2006
- World Champion - Cross Country
- World Champion - Marathon
- 2007
- three world cup victories
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2008
- World Champion - Marathon
- 2011
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2012
- Vice World Champion - Cross Country
- Vice World Champion - Marathon
- European Champion - Cross Country
- 2013
- World Champion - Marathon
- 2015
- World Champion - Marathon
Teams
- 2000 sponsorship service
- 2001 sponsorship service
- 2002 Team Sponsor Service
- 2003 Ausra Gruodis Safi
- 2004–2008 Safi-Pasta Zara-Manhattan
- since 2008 Multivan Merida Biking Team (MTB)
Web links
- Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
- Profile of Gunn-Rita Dahle on www.sportguide.ch
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dahle Flesjå, Gunn-Rita |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dahle, Gunn-Rita |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian mountain biker |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stavanger |