Kjersti Bø

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Kjersti Bø Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday April 5th 1987
Career
society Strindheim IL
status resigned
End of career 2013
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 11, 2010
 Overall World Cup 95th ( 2011/12 )
 Sprint World Cup 68th (2011/12)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup January 5, 2007
 Continental Cup victories 3 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 8. ( 2009/10 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 2 0 0
 UST individual races 1 0 1
 

Kjersti Bø (born April 5, 1987 ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Bø, who started for Strindheim IL , competed in Sjusjøen for the first time in the Scandinavian Cup in January 2007 and finished 63rd in the 5 km freestyle and 52nd place in the 10 km mass start race. In December 2007 she won her first Continental Cup victory in the sprint at the US Super Tour in Soldier Hollow . In the 2009/10 season she reached three top ten placements in the Scandinavian Cup. She won the sprint race in Jõulumäe and finished eighth in the overall standings at the end of the season. She made her debut in the World Cup in March 2010 in Drammen , which she finished in 43rd place in the sprint. In February 2012 she took her second victory in the Scandinavian Cup in the sprint in Madona . The following month she won her first and only World Cup points in the sprint in Drammen with 25th place. She ran her last race in the Scandinavian Cup in December 2012 in Sjusjøen and finished 32nd in the 15 km mass start race. At Norwegian championships she was second with the relay of Strindheim IL in 2006.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 15, 2007 United StatesUnited States Soldier Hollow Classic sprint US super tour
2. February 6, 2010 EstoniaEstonia Jõulumäe Classic sprint Scandinavian Cup
2. February 8, 2012 LatviaLatvia Madona Sprint freestyle Scandinavian Cup

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