Kristin Størmer Steira

Kristin Størmer Steira
Kristin Størmer Steira (2010)
nation	Norway
birthday	30th April 1981 (age 39)
place of birth	Mo i Rana , Norway
Career
society	IL Forsøk
status	resigned
End of career	2015
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 3 × 2 × 3 × National medals 4 × 6 × 6 ×
winter Olympics gold 2010 Vancouver Season bronze 2014 Sochi 30 km freestyle  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 2005 Oberstdorf Skiathlon gold 2005 Oberstdorf Season bronze 2007 Sapporo Skiathlon silver 2007 Sapporo 30 km classic bronze 2007 Sapporo Season silver 2009 Liberec Skiathlon gold 2011 Oslo Season gold 2013 Val di Fiemme Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 16, 2002  World Cup victories in individual 3 ( details )  World Cup victories in the team 13 ( details )  Overall World Cup 06th ( 2009/10 )  Sprint World Cup 49th ( 2009/10 )  Distance World Cup 06th ( 2009/10 )  Tour de Ski 03rd ( 2012/13 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 3 3 4th  Season 13 4th 2
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup December 7, 2002  Continental Cup victories 3 ( details )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  COC individual race 2 3 0  SCAN individual race 1 0 0
last change: December 30, 2015

Kristin Størmer Steira (born April 30, 1981 in Mo i Rana ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

2001 to 2005

On December 1, 2001, at the age of 20, Steira made her international debut at the FIS races in Gålå . After good results there and in Ål , she started in January 2002 at the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in Høydalsmo . There she reached 25th place over 5 km freestyle, before she was able to secure 18th place in the pursuit over 10 km and fourth place in the individual over 15 km. After two top 10 placements in Molde and further top 20 placements at FIS races in Hommelvik and Granåsen , Steira made her cross-country skiing debut on March 16, 2002 at the end of the 2001/02 season is Oslo around Holmenkollbakken World Cup . With 46th place, however, she fell short of expectations and did not win any World Cup points. After rather mediocre placements at other national championships in Vang in April, she found herself at the beginning of the 2002/03 season in the Cross-Country Continental Cup , where she reached ninth place in the first race in Gåsbu . She won the second race in the pursuit over 10 km. Then a month later she was allowed to start the World Cup in Kawgolowo , where she just missed the points with 33rd place. She won the Continental Cup race in Stockikik that followed a week later . In the second race over 10 km in classic style, she was again on the podium with second place.

Six days after her success in stock exchange, Steira started in the World Cup race in Nové Město na Moravě . With ninth place over 10 km in free style, she not only achieved her first World Cup point win, but also her first top 10 placement in this series. In the relay competition that took place one day later, she finished second with Anita Moen , Marit Bjørgen and Hilde Pedersen. Despite this success, Steira started again in the Continental Cup in February 2003. She was already on the podium again in the first race in Valdidentro . Shortly afterwards she was at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 on the same route in the 2x5 km double pursuit at the end of 28th and reached 25th place in the individual over 30 km in free style. In the World Cups after the World Championships in Oslo and Lahti , she reached 19th place. End of the season she stood in the relay in Swedish Falun again on the podium. In the overall World Cup ranking, she finished the season in 42nd place.

The 2003/04 season began after a 15th place in the individual over 15 km in Beitostølen with a victory in the relay competition on the same route. After some mediocre individual placements in singles, she repeated the relay result with the team on January 11, 2004 in Otepää . Also a good six weeks later, the squadron was in the Swedish Umea not to beat. A podium in an individual competition, Steira was denied until the end of the season.

In the following 2004/05 season , Steira was able to show a significant increase in performance and in Ramsau am Dachstein was second for the first time in a long time on a podium in an individual World Cup. On January 22, 2005, she achieved her first individual World Cup victory in the 2x7.5 km double pursuit in Pragelato . At the Norwegian Championships in Lillehammer in 2005 , she won silver in the individual over 10 km in free style behind Hilde Petersen .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 , Steira won the gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay and bronze in the 15 km double pursuit together with Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Petersen and Marit Bjørgen. In the individual, she was tenth over 10 km in free style. In the following World Cups, Steira fell short of expectations and was unable to achieve any further podium positions.

2006 to 2010

In the 2005/06 season Steira modest start. It was not until the World Cup race in Canmore that she was able to place in the top ten again. In the following World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě, she narrowly missed the podium and finished fourth. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Steira only narrowly missed the medals in the double pursuit, the singles and the mass start over 30 km and finished fourth. Even with the season she did not get past fifth place. At the end of the season in Sapporo , Japan , she made it onto the podium again. After she first successfully competed in several FIS races in November 2006, she started again in the World Cup on November 18. In Gällivare she missed the top ten in the 10 km classic individual, but was able to celebrate another safe victory one day later with the relay in front of Germany and Finland. For the Tour de Ski 2006/2007 Steira was in good shape again and won the stage in Oberstdorf , among other things . In the end, she reached seventh place in the Tour de Ski overall ranking.

At the Norwegian Championships in Grova in 2007 , she started the 15 km pursuit and won silver. After another podium with the relay in Davos , Steira started at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo . There she won bronze in the 15 km pursuit. Two days later, she narrowly missed the medal ranks in the individual over 10 km freestyle and came in fourth. In return, she managed to win the bronze medal again on March 1st in the relay. She finally completed the world championship with a silver medal in the individual over 30 km, where she only had to admit defeat to the Finn Virpi Kuitunen .

After she was able to keep her performances stable until November 2007 without a podium but with good results in the World Cup, she was on the podium again in December in Davos. She was also successful in the season with a second place. The Tour de Ski 2007/2008 was rather mixed for Steira, so that in the end it only reached eleventh place in the overall ranking. In the rest of the 2007/08 World Cup season , too, she did not manage to make it into the top five in the individual disciplines. In February, however, she achieved another victory in Falun with the relay.

In the 2008/09 season Steira launched successful again. In December in La Clusaz, for the first time in over a year, she achieved a single success in the World Cup. She was also on the podium again with the relay. After a rather mixed Tour de Ski 2008/2009 , she finished it on a good ninth place. Shortly afterwards, she won bronze in the 15 km pursuit at the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in Vind.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , Steira won the silver medal in the 15 km doubles pursuit after she was sixth in the 10 km classic individual. With the relay, she just barely missed another podium finish with a fourth place. However, the World Cup races after the World Championship were less successful for Steira. In some cases, she missed the podium significantly. Despite this drop in performance, she was in ninth place in the overall World Cup ranking. She was also in a good fourth place in the Distance World Cup.

She started the 2009/10 World Cup season successfully with several top 10 placements. The 2009/2010 Tour de Ski also went much better than in previous years, so that it was fifth overall in the series. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Størmer Steira won the gold medal with the 4x5 km relay. In the individual disciplines she achieved good top 10 placements and was only beaten in fourth behind the medal ranks in the pursuit race over 15 km. At the end of the season, Steira won again with the relay in Lahti and was on the podium after the 30 km race in Oslo. Her most successful season to date, she finished sixth in the overall World Cup standings.

2010 to 2015

On March 27, 2010 she won the national title over 30 km at the Norwegian Nordic Championships in Tolga . At the FIS races in April 2010, she was on the podium in all races without exception. She started the 2010/11 World Cup season with fourth place in Gällivare. After a victory with the relay on the same route, four weeks later she was on the podium again in a single race in La Clusaz.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 she won the world title with the Norwegian relay, but had to admit defeat in the individual disciplines. In the World Cup races that followed, Steira also found it difficult to build on the good performances of previous years. Also at the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships 2011 in Kvaløysletta , she missed the medal ranks in the 30 km individual, if only just barely.

In the World Cup season 2011/12 Steira successfully launched with a fifth place in the individual in Sjusjøen and a relay victory at the same track the following day. However, this success was the last until January 2012. In January she achieved bronze in the 15 km skiathlon at the Norwegian Championships in Voss. At the end of the season, Steira again achieved several top 10 placements, which brought her to 14th place overall. In April 2012 she won the Haukelirennet over 32 km freestyle.

In the first World Cup races for the 2012/13 World Cup season , Steira was once again able to achieve top 10 placements and surprisingly achieved third place in the overall ranking of the 2012/2013 Tour de Ski . After a relay victory in La Clusaz and an individual success in Sochi on the route of the 2014 Winter Olympics , she started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , where she was able to defend her relay world title in Oslo 2011. In the skiathlon, she narrowly missed the medal ranks with fourth place and landed in ninth place in the 10 km and 30 km individual. At the World Cup finals in Stockholm and Falun she came in 25th place and finished the season in sixth place in the overall World Cup and third place in the Distance World Cup.

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, Steira came 14th overall at the Nordic Opening . It was followed by a victory in the relay in Lillehammer . After poor performance at the Tour de Ski 2013/14 , she became Norwegian champion in skiathlon in January 2014. At the following Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 , she won bronze in the 30 km mass start race. At the end of the season she finished ninth at the World Cup finals in Falun and thus reached 19th place in the overall World Cup. In the 2014/15 season, she was only able to complete her first race in January due to an injury. She missed the World Cup in Falun and ended her career after the season.

Cross-country run

After the end of her cross- country skiing career , she became Norwegian cross-country champion and was nominated for the 2015 European Cross-Country Championships , where she finished 39th.

successes

Medals at Winter Olympics

• 2010 in Vancouver : Gold with the relay
• 2015 in Sochi : Bronze in the 30 km freestyle mass start

Medals at world championships

• 2005 in Oberstdorf : Gold with the relay, bronze in the skiathlon
• 2007 in Sapporo : Silver over 30 km classic mass start, bronze in the skiathlon, bronze with the relay
• 2009 in Liberec : silver in the skiathlon
• 2011 in Oslo : Gold with the relay
• 2013 in Val di Fiemme : Gold with the relay

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	January 22, 2005	Pragelato	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
2.	December 6, 2008	La Clusaz	15 km freestyle mass start
3.	February 2, 2013	Sochi	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	January 2, 2007	Oberstdorf	2 × 5 km skiathlon	Tour de Ski 2006/07
2.	March 22, 2009	Falun	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	World Cup Final 2009
3.	January 10, 2010	Val di Fiemme	9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2010

¹ Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	November 23, 2003	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay 2
2.	January 11, 2004	Otepää	4 × 5 km relay 2
3.	February 22, 2004	Umeå	4 × 5 km relay 2
4th	November 19, 2006	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 2
5.	December 9, 2007	Davos	4 × 5 km relay 3
6th	February 24, 2008	Falun	4 × 5 km relay 4
7th	November 23, 2008	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 5
8th.	March 7, 2010	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay 5
9.	November 21, 2010	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 6
10.	December 19, 2010	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 6
11.	November 20, 2011	Sjusjøen	4 × 5 km relay 6
12.	20th January 2013	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 7
13.	December 8, 2013	Lillehammer	4 × 5 km relay 7

²With Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde G. Pedersen and Marit Bjørgen .

³With Kristin Mürer Stemland , Therese Johaug and Vibeke Skofterud.

^4thWith Ingri Aunet Tyldum , Astrid Jacobsen and Marit Bjørgen.

⁵With Marit Bjørgen, Therese Johaug and Marthe Kristoffersen .

^6th With Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug and Marit Bjørgen.

^7thWith Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug and Marit Bjørgen.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	December 8, 2002	Gåsbu	10 km pursuit freestyle	Continental Cup
2.	January 11, 2003	Stock footage	5 km freestyle	Continental Cup
3.	January 9, 2011	Torsby	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup

Medals at national championships

• 2003 : Gold with the relay, bronze over 15 km
• 2004 : Silver with the relay
• 2005 : Silver over 10 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 30 km
• 2006 : Gold in the skiathlon, bronze over 30 km
• 2007 : Silver in the skiathlon
• 2009 : Bronze in the skiathlon
• 2010 : Gold over 30 km
• 2011 : Silver over 10 km, silver in the skiathlon
• 2012 : Bronze in the skiathlon
• 2014 : Gold in the skiathlon, bronze over 30 km

statistics

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2006 Turin : 4th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 4th place 15 km skiathlon, 4th place 10 km classic, 5th place relay
• 2010 Vancouver : 1st place relay, 4th place 15 km skiathlon, 8th place 10 km freestyle, 8th place 30 km classic mass start
• 2014 Sochi : 3rd place 30 km freestyle mass start, 23rd place 15 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2003 Val di Fiemme : 25th place 30 km freestyle, 28th place 10 km skiathlon
• 2005 Oberstdorf : 1st place relay, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 9th place 10 km freestyle
• 2007 Sapporo : 2nd place 30 km classic mass start, 3rd place relay, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 4th place 10 km freestyle
• 2009 Liberec : 2nd place 15 km skiathlon, 4th place relay, 5th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 6th place 10 km classic
• 2011 Oslo : 1st place relay, 5th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 9th place 15 km skiathlon, 10th place 10 km classic
• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 1st place relay, 4th place 15 km skiathlon, 9th place 30 km classic mass start, 9th place 10 km freestyle

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	Team c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place			1			2			3		13
2nd place			1	1		1			3		4th
3rd place		2	1					1	4th		2
Top 10		23	8th	6th		13		11	61		26th
Scoring		48	10	10		18th	1	14th	101		26th
Starts	2	54	10	11		18th	2	14th	111		26th
Status: end of season 2014/15

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2002/03	93	42.	-	-	-	-
2003/04	177	27.	177	20th	-	-
2004/05	311	12.	311	9.	-	-
2005/06	266	22nd	266	12.	-	-
2006/07	367	14th	223	12.	-	-
2007/08	465	16.	369	12.	-	-
2008/09	828	9.	590	4th	22nd	53.
2009/10	892	6th	568	3.	44	49.
2010/11	268	28.	204	19th	-	-
2011/12	616	14th	484	9.	-	-
2012/13	1018	6th	665	3.	37	45.
2013/14	379	19th	285	11.	-	-
2014/15	93	55.	93	33.	-	-

Web links

Commons : Kristin Størmer Steira  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kristin Størmer Steira's website (Norwegian)
• Kristin Størmer Steira in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Kristin Størmer Steira in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Championships 2002 Ladies' 5 km F . FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
2. ↑ National Championships 2002 Ladies' 10 km C Pursuit . FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
3. ↑ National Championships 2002 Ladies' 15 km C . FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
4. ↑ Portrait - Kristin Størmer Steira ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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 xc-ski.de 
5. ↑ 11th World Cup Competition 2002/03 - Women 4 × 5 km Relay Cs' 15 km C ( English , PDF; 110 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
6. ↑ Women Double Pursuit C 5 km + F 5 k ( English , PDF; 147 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
7. ↑ Women 30 km Free Individual ( English , PDF; 253 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
8. ↑ 2nd World Cup Competition 2003/04 - Women 4 × 5 km Relay ( English , PDF; 125 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
9. ↑ National Championships Ladies' 10 km F ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
10. ↑ World Ski Championships Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M ( English , PDF; 212 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
11. ↑ World Ski Championships Ladies' 2x7.5 km M Pursuit ( English , PDF; 116 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
12. ↑ 2nd World Cup Competition 2006/07 - Ladies 4 × 5 km Classical / Free Relay ( English , PDF; 127 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
13. ↑ National Championships Ladies' 15 km M Pursuit ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
14. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' 15 km M Pursuit ( English , PDF; 75 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
15. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst ( English , PDF; 73 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
16. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Ladies' 15 km M Pursuit ( English , PDF; 220 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
17. ↑ World Ski Championships 2011 - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M ( English , PDF; 83 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
18. ↑ National Championships Ladies' 30 km F Mst ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
19. ↑ National Championships Ladies' 15 km M Skiathlon ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
20. ^ Result Haukelirennet 2012
21. ↑ Tour de Ski 2012/2013 ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
22. ↑ World Ski Championships 2013 - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km M ( English , PDF; 101 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
23. ↑ World Ski Championships 2013 - Ladies' Skiathlon 7.5 / 7.5km C / F ( English , PDF; 113 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
24. ↑ World Ski Championships 2013 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst ( English , PDF; 101 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
25. ↑ World Ski Championships 2013 - Ladies' 10 km F ( English , PDF; 120 kB) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
26. ↑ Kristin Steira ends cross-country skiing career ( German ) xc-ski.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
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