Karianne Christiansen

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Karianne Christiansen Alpine skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday February 24, 1949
place of birth Tonsberg , Norway
size 175 cm
Weight 61 kg
date of death October 30, 1976
Place of death Robru , Norway
Career
discipline Downhill , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society Njård IL
End of career 1972
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Overall World Cup 23. ( 1969/1970 )
 Downhill World Cup 19. ( 1971/1972 )
 Slalom World Cup 19. ( 1969/1970 )
 

Karianne Christiansen (born February 24, 1949 in Tønsberg , † October 30, 1976 in Robru ) was a Norwegian ski racer . The ten-time Norwegian champion reached two fifth places in the World Cup and took part in the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 Winter Olympics.

biography

During her active time, Christiansen was ten times Norwegian national champion : three times in slalom, three times in giant slalom, twice in downhill and twice in combination. In World Cup races , she was able to place in the top ten a total of seven times, including the World Cup races of 1970, which were also part of the World Cup. Her best results were two fifth places in the home slaloms in Oslo in February 1968 and in Voss in March 1970.

At the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena , she was the best Norwegian, eighth in combination and tenth in downhill, 17th in giant slalom and 20th in slalom. Her only Olympic participation in 1972 in Sapporo was less successful . The best result was 21st place in the downhill. In giant slalom she came in 27th, in slalom she was eliminated.

Christiansen died in a car accident near Robru .

successes

winter Olympics

(also counted as world championships)

World championships

  • Val Gardena 1970 : 8th combination, 10th descent, 17th giant slalom, 20th slalom

World cup

  • 7 placements among the top ten

Norwegian championships

Christiansen became ten times Norwegian champion :

  • 2 × downhill (1970, 1971)
  • 3 × giant slalom (1969, 1971, 1972)
  • 3 × slalom (1968, 1969, 1970)
  • 2 × combination (1969, 1970)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 1970 World Cup ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.alpineskiing-worldchampionships.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alpineskiing-worldchampionships.com
personal data
SURNAME Christiansen, Karianne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Tonsberg , Norway
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1976
Place of death Robru , Norway