Maj Helen Sorkmo

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Maj Helen Sorkmo Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday August 14, 1969
place of birth Os
Career
society IL Trysilgutten
OS IL
status resigned
End of career 2003
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 2, 1991
 World Cup victories in the team 2 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 12. ( 1999/2000 )
 Sprint World Cup 5th (1999/2000)
 Long distance world cup 22. ( 1998/99 )
 Middle distance world cup 19. (1999/2000)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 0 2 3
 Season 2 3 4th
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup November 19, 1994
 Continental Cup victories 2 ( details )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 2 0 0
 

Maj Helen Sorkmo , born in Nymoen (born August 14, 1969 in Os ), is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Sorkmo, who started for the IL Trysilgutten and the OS IL , competed in the FIS between 1991 and 2003 . She achieved two World Cup victories , both in relay competitions of the 2002/03 World Cup season . She also came in third four times and second three times with the season. Her best individual placements in the World Cup were the second place in the sprint in December 1998 in Engelberg and in December 1999 in Kitzbühel and three third places in the sprint. In the 1999/2000 season she achieved her best overall placements with three top ten placements in the World Cup individual, 12th place in the overall World Cup and fifth place in the Sprint World Cup. In December 1994 she won her only wins in the Continental Cup in Ilomantsi over 5 km classic and 10 km freestyle . Sorkmo also took part in the Winter Olympics twice. Her best result came in sixth place in the women's sprint competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . At the Nordic World Ski Championships two 14th places were her best results. She achieved this over five kilometers in the classic world championships in 1999 and in the sprint in free technique in 2003 . At Norwegian championships she won third place five times and second place once. With the season of IL Trysilgutten she became Norwegian champion in 1995.

successes

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. November 24, 2002 SwedenSweden Kiruna 4 × 5 km relay 1
2. December 8, 2002 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay 2
2With Vibeke Skofterud, Bente Skari and Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 10, 1994 FinlandFinland Ilomantsi 5 km classic Continental Cup
2. December 11, 1994 FinlandFinland Ilomantsi 10 km freestyle Continental Cup

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   2
2nd place 2 2 3
3rd place 3 3 4th
Top 10 2 1 16 19th 2 25th
Scoring 21st 23 15th 9 1 6th 29 104 2 25th
Starts 27 29 22nd 11 1 10 31 131 2 27
Status: end of career
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 Long distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1993/94 11 52. - - - -
1994/95 41 40. - - - -
1995/96 98 26th - - - -
1996/97 77 33. 5 45. 72 21st
1997/98 116 24. 22nd 31. 94 20th
1998/99 127 23. 50 22nd 222 12.
1999/2000 315 12. 37
86		 23.
21.		 192 5.
2000/01 90 38. - - 56 31.
2001/02 199 24. - - 203 7th
2002/03 202 22nd - - 196 8th.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maj Helen Sorkmo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Sorkmo, Maj Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Os (Innlandet) , Norway