Karianne Bjellånes

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Karianne Bjellånes Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 9th August 1986 (age 34)
place of birth Mo i Rana , Norway
Career
society Henning Skilag
status resigned
End of career 2011
Medal table
U23 medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Cross-country skiing U23 world championships
gold 2009 Praz de Lys Sommand sprint
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 14, 2007
 Overall World Cup 51st ( 2009/10 )
 Sprint World Cup 21st (2009/10)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup February 14, 2004
 Continental Cup victories 2 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 3rd ( 2007/08 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 2 1 2
 

Karianne Gåsland Bjellånes (born August 9, 1986 in Mo i Rana ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Bjellånes, who started for the Henning Skilag , ran her first race in the Continental Cup in Hommelvik in February 2004 and finished 58th over 5 km classic. At the 2007 U23 World Championships in Tarvisio , she finished 30th in the sprint. She made her debut in the World Cup in March 2007 in Drammen , which she finished in 27th place in the sprint. In the 2007/08 season she came in the Scandinavian Cup four times in the top ten. She got her only victories in the Scandinavian Cup in the sprint in Riga and over 10 km classic in Jõulumäe . She took third place in the overall ranking of the Scandinavian Cup. In 2009 she became Norwegian champion together with Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes in the team sprint. At the U23 World Championships in 2009 , she won the gold medal in the sprint. In the 2009/10 season she reached in Canmore and Drammen with fifth place in the sprint, her only top ten finishes in the World Cup, and at the end of the season she was 51st in the overall World Cup and 21st in the Sprint World Cup. At the Birkebeinerrennet and at the Norwegian Championships in 2010 with the relay she was second. The following year she won third place at the Norwegian Championships with the relay of Henning Skilag. She ran her last international race in March 2011 at the Birkebeinerrennet, which she finished in seventh place.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. January 24, 2008 LatviaLatvia Riga Sprint freestyle Scandinavian Cup
2. January 27, 2008 EstoniaEstonia Jõulumäe 10 km classic Scandinavian Cup

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