Marit Bjørgen

Marit Bjørgen
nation	Norway
birthday	21st March 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Trondheim , Norway
Career
society	Rognes IL
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 8 × 4 × 3 × World Cup medals 18 × 5 × 3 × JWM medals 0 × 0 × 2 × National medals 25 × 9 × 6 ×
winter Olympics silver 2002 Salt Lake City Season silver 2006 Turin 10 km classic gold 2010 Vancouver sprint gold 2010 Vancouver Skiathlon gold 2010 Vancouver Season silver 2010 Vancouver 30 km classic bronze 2010 Vancouver 10 km freestyle gold 2014 Sochi Skiathlon gold 2014 Sochi Team sprint gold 2014 Sochi 30 km freestyle gold 2018 Pyeongchang Season gold 2018 Pyeongchang 30 km classic silver 2018 Pyeongchang Skiathlon bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km freestyle bronze 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint  Nordic World Ski Championships silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Season gold 2003 Val di Fiemme sprint gold 2005 Oberstdorf Team sprint gold 2005 Oberstdorf 30 km classic gold 2005 Oberstdorf Season silver 2005 Oberstdorf Skiathlon bronze 2005 Oberstdorf 10 km freestyle bronze 2007 Sapporo Team sprint bronze 2007 Sapporo Season gold 2011 Oslo sprint gold 2011 Oslo Skiathlon gold 2011 Oslo 10 km classic gold 2011 Oslo Season silver 2011 Oslo 30 km freestyle gold 2013 Val di Fiemme sprint gold 2013 Val di Fiemme Skiathlon gold 2013 Val di Fiemme Season gold 2013 Val di Fiemme 30 km classic silver 2013 Val di Fiemme 10 km freestyle gold 2015 Falun sprint gold 2015 Falun Season silver 2015 Falun 30 km classic gold 2017 Lahti Skiathlon gold 2017 Lahti 10 km classic gold 2017 Lahti Season gold 2017 Lahti 30 km freestyle  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships bronze 1999 Saalfelden Season bronze 2000 Štrbské Pleso Season  Norwegian championships bronze 2001 Steinkjer 5 km classic silver 2003 Molde sprint silver 2004 Bardufoss Skiathlon silver 2004 Bardufoss sprint bronze 2004 Bardufoss 10 km classic gold 2005 Lillehammer sprint silver 2005 Lillehammer Skiathlon gold 2006 Kongsberg 10 km classic gold 2006 Kongsberg sprint gold 2007 Grova 10 km freestyle gold 2007 Grova Skiathlon silver 2007 Nybygda 30 km classic silver 2007 Nybygda sprint gold 2008 Granåsen Skiathlon silver 2009 Vind / Gjøvik 10 km classic bronze 2009 Vind / Gjøvik sprint gold 2010 Stokke 10 km freestyle gold 2010 Stokke Skiathlon gold 2010 Stokke sprint gold 2011 Steinkjer 10 km classic gold 2011 Kvaløysletta 30 km freestyle gold 2011 Steinkjer Skiathlon gold 2011 Steinkjer sprint gold 2012 Fauske 30 km classic gold 2013 Gåsbu 10 km freestyle gold 2013 Gåsbu Skiathlon bronze 2013 Gåsbu sprint gold 2014 Gålå 30 km freestyle bronze 2014 Molde 10 km classic silver 2015 Røros 10 km freestyle bronze 2015 Harstad 5 km classic gold 2017 Lygna 10 km classic gold 2017 Lygna Skiathlon gold 2017 Gålå 5 km freestyle gold 2017 Gålå 30 km classic gold 2018 Vang sprint gold 2018 Vang 10 km freestyle gold 2018 Vang Skiathlon gold 2018 Alta 5 km classic silver 2018 Alta 30 km freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 27, 1999  World Cup victories in individual 84 ( details )  World Cup victories in the team 29 ( details )  World Cup victories in stages 30 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2011/12 , 2014/15 )  Sprint World Cup 1. ( 2002/03 , 2003/04 , 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2014/15 )  Distance World Cup 1. ( 2004/05 , 2011/12 , 2014/15 )  Tour de Ski 1. ( 2015 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 31 9 4th  Distance races 53 19th 9  Stage race 30th 15th 14th  Season 20th 5 2  Team sprint 9 0 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup December 9, 2000
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  COC individual race 0 1 0
last change: April 9, 2018

Marit Bjørgen (born March 21, 1980 in Trondheim ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . With 15 Olympic medals won, including eight gold, she is the most successful winter Olympic athlete to date . Furthermore, she was able to win 18 world titles. Due to her success, she is considered the most successful athlete in her discipline.

Career

Bjørgen had her first international success at the 1997 European Youth Olympic Winter Days in Sundsvall . There she won bronze over 7.5 km classic. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1999 in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer , she won the bronze medal with the relay. In the classic 5 km race she came eighth. She ran her first cross-country skiing world cup in December 1999 in Engelberg and finished 39th in the sprint. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2000 in Štrbské Pleso , she won the bronze medal with the relay as in the previous year. In the individual races she came in 37th place over 5 km freestyle and 21st place in the sprint. In the 2000/01 season she got her first World Cup points in Engelberg with places 29 and 17 in the sprint. At the highlight of the season, the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti , she ran to 24th place over 10 km classic and 19th place in the pursuit. The following year, in Salt Lake City , she won the silver medal with the relay in her first Olympic participation . In addition, she achieved 50th place in the 15 km mass start race and 14th place over 30 km classic. In March 2002 she reached her first podium in the World Cup in Falun with second place in the relay.

On October 26, 2002 Bjørgen won her first race, the sprint in Düsseldorf . She won her first gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in sprint races, and she added silver with the relay. Also in 2003, she won the Sprint World Cup for the first time. She repeated this success in the following three years. In November 2004 she won a race over a longer distance for the first time, a 10-kilometer run in Gällivare . At the 2005 World Championships she was the most successful female athlete ever; she became world champion in the team sprint (together with Hilde G. Pedersen ), over 30 km and with the relay; She won two further medals, silver and bronze, in the pursuit race and over 10 km. In addition, Bjørgen was in first place in the overall World Cup standings at the end of the 2004/05 season.

In 2005 she won the election for Norway's Sportswoman of the Year and the Aftenposten gold medal .

Before the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Bjørgen was one of the most popular favorites, but she couldn't live up to the high expectations. She suffered from the aftermath of bronchitis and had to give up the first race with stomach problems. Although she won the silver medal in the 10-kilometer run, there was no success in either of the sprint disciplines. The Norwegian relay team was also unable to win a medal for the first time since 1988.

A few weeks later, on March 4, 2006, Bjørgen rehabilitated with the victory of the Vasaloppet 45 km from Oxberg to Mora . In addition, she was again overall World Cup winner. At the 2007 World Championships she won the bronze medal in the team sprint (together with Astrid Jacobsen ) and with the relay.

At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , Björgen won her first Olympic gold in the classic style sprint and was third in the 10 km freestyle, in the double pursuit ( skiathlon ) she won her second gold medal. She won a third gold in the relay competition. With the Olympic victories Bjørgen outbid her compatriot Bente Skari and also became the most successful cross-country skier of the games. Also in 2010 Bjørgen received the Holmenkollen Medal and the Fearnleys olympiske ærespris .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo Bjørgen won the sprint, the pursuit, the 10 km classic and the 4x5 km relay.

In the 2011/12 season she won the overall World Cup for the third time.

In the winter of 2012/13 she had to take a break for a few weeks due to cardiac arrhythmias and was therefore unable to take part in the Tour de Ski .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she won four gold and one silver.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won the first skiathlon competition and won her fourth Olympic victory by defending her title, her fifth in the team sprint and her sixth Olympic victory in the 30 km freestyle. Due to her success in Sochi, she surpassed Lyubov Jegorowa as the most successful winter Olympic athlete of all time .

In the 2014/15 season Bjørgen reached the podium 13 times in 14 World Cup races, and was victorious a total of nine times. a. at the Nordic Opening and the Tour de Ski 2015 . In the latter, she won five out of seven stages and took second and third place each time. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 2015 , she won silver in the 30 km classic mass start race and gold in the sprint and relay. At the Norwegian Championships she won silver over 10 km freestyle. She finished the season in first place in the sprint classification, the distance classification and in the overall World Cup classification. At the end of June 2015 Bjørgen announced that she was pregnant and would skip a World Cup season. Her goal was to be fit again by the 2017 World Cup in Lahti . She then paused in the 2015/16 season and started again in the World Cup for the first time at the beginning of the 2016/17 season in Ruka . She won over 10 km classically after finishing tenth in the sprint in the second race of the season. It was followed by fourth place in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer . She took third place in the 5 km freestyle stage. In La Clusaz she came second in the 10 km mass start race and won the relay the next day. In January 2017 she won in Ulricehamn with the relay and over 10 km freestyle and in Falun in the 15 km mass start race. At the beginning of February 2017 she became Norwegian champion in skiathlon and over 10 km classic in Lygna . In the same month she triumphed in Otepää over 10 km classic. At the highlight of the season, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she won four gold medals. She became world champion in the 30 km mass start race, over 10 km classic, in the skiathlon and with the relay. In addition, she came in 16th place in the sprint. At the end of the season she won the 30 km mass start race in Oslo and took her 110th individual World Cup victory at the World Cup final in Québec with a seventh place and two stage wins. She finished the season in 15th place in the Sprint World Cup, fifth in the overall World Cup and second in the Distance World Cup. At the beginning of April 2017, she became Norwegian champion over 5 km freestyle and over 30 km classic in Gålå .

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Bjørgen took second place in the Ruka Triple. She won the classic 10 km race. This was followed by a victory in the pursuit race in Toblach . In January 2018 she became Norwegian champion in skiathlon, sprint and over 10 km freestyle in Vang . At the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won the 10 km freestyle and team sprint bronze medal with Maiken Caspersen Falla , the silver medal in the skiathlon and the gold medal in the 30 km mass start race and the relay team. In March 2018 she won the 30km mass start race in Oslo and the World Cup final in Falun. In addition, she finished third in the classic 10 km in Lahti and finally achieved fifth place in the overall World Cup and in the Distance World Cup. In April 2018, she won her 25th gold medal at Norwegian championships over 5 km classic in Alta . Over 30 km freestyle she came second there.

Bjørgen ended her career after the Norwegian Championships on April 8, 2018 in Alta . She justified this with motivation difficulties. With 15 Olympic medals won, including eight gold and 18 world championship titles, she was the most successful athlete in her discipline at the time.

Asthma medication

Bjørgen took asthma medication for many years in her sporting career with the exception of the FIS. Justyna Kowalczyk therefore temporarily accused her of doping.

Private life

She lives with Fred Børre Lundberg , a former Norwegian Nordic combined skier, in Oslo and has a child born in 2015.

successes

Medals at Winter Olympics

• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Silver with the relay
• 2006 in Turin : Silver over 10 km classic
• 2010 in Vancouver : Bronze over 10 km freestyle, gold with the relay, gold in the sprint, gold in the skiathlon, silver over 30 km classic
• 2014 in Sochi : Gold in the skiathlon, gold in the team sprint, gold over 30 km freestyle
• 2018 in Pyeongchang : Gold with the relay, silver in the skiathlon, bronze over 10 km freestyle, gold over 30 km classic

Medals at world championships

• 2003 in Val di Fiemme : gold in the sprint, silver with the relay
• 2005 in Oberstdorf : Gold in the team sprint, gold over 30 km classic, gold with the relay, silver in the skiathlon, bronze over 10 km freestyle
• 2007 in Sapporo : bronze in the team sprint, bronze with the relay
• 2011 in Oslo : Gold in the sprint, gold in the skiathlon, gold over 10 km classic, gold with the relay
• 2013 in Val di Fiemme : gold in sprint, gold in skiathlon, gold with the relay, gold over 30 km classic, silver over 10 km freestyle
• 2015 in Falun : Gold in the sprint, gold with the relay, silver over 30 km classic
• 2017 in Lahti : Gold in the skiathlon, gold with the relay, gold over 10 km classic, gold in the competition 30 km freestyle.

Successes in the World Cup

Victories in world cup rankings

• Overall World Cup winner 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015
• Winner of the Sprint World Cup 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015
• Winner of the Distance World Cup 2005, 2012, 2015

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	October 26, 2002	Dusseldorf	1.5 km sprint freestyle
2.	December 11, 2002	Clusone	1.5 km sprint freestyle
3.	February 12, 2003	Reit im Winkl	1.5 km sprint freestyle
4th	December 16, 2003	Val di Fiemme	1.2 km sprint classic
5.	January 18, 2004	Nové Město na Moravě	1.2 km sprint freestyle
6th	February 18, 2004	Stockholm	1.1 km sprint classic
7th	February 24, 2004	Trondheim	1.5 km sprint freestyle
8th.	February 26, 2004	Drammen	1.2 km sprint classic
9.	March 5, 2004	Lahti	1 km sprint freestyle
10.	March 12, 2004	Pragelato	1 km sprint freestyle
11.	October 23, 2004	Dusseldorf	0.8 km sprint freestyle
12.	November 20, 2004	Gällivare	10 km classic individual start
13.	4th December 2004	Bern	0.8 km sprint freestyle
14th	December 11, 2004	Lake Tesero	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
15th	December 14, 2004	Asiago	1.2 km sprint classic
16.	January 8, 2005	Otepää	10 km classic individual start
17th	January 16, 2005	Nové Město na Moravě	1.2 km sprint freestyle
18th	March 12, 2005	Oslo	30 km classic individual start
19th	March 16, 2005	Gothenburg	1.1 km sprint freestyle
20th	March 19, 2005	Falun	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
21st	October 22, 2005	Dusseldorf	0.8 km sprint freestyle
22nd	November 19, 2005	Beitostølen	10 km classic individual start
23.	November 26, 2005	Kuusamo	10 km classic individual start
24.	December 10, 2005	Vernon	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
25th	March 4, 2006	Mora	45 km classic mass start
26th	March 15, 2006	Changchun	1 km sprint freestyle
27.	October 28, 2006	Dusseldorf	0.8 km sprint freestyle
28.	March 24, 2007	Falun	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
29	November 24, 2007	Beitostølen	10 km freestyle individual start
30th	December 2, 2007	Kuusamo	10 km classic individual start
31.	November 21, 2009	Beitostølen	10 km freestyle individual start
32.	December 19, 2009	Rogla	1.4 km sprint classic
33.	March 6, 2010	Lahti	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon
34.	March 11, 2010	Drammen	1.2 km sprint classic
35.	March 13, 2010	Oslo	30 km freestyle mass start
36.	March 14, 2010	Oslo	1.3 km sprint freestyle
37.	March 21, 2010	Stockholm / Falun	Overall ranking World Cup final
38.	November 20, 2010	Gällivare	10 km freestyle individual start
39.	November 28, 2010	Kuusamo	Overall rating Nordic Opening
40.	December 11, 2010	Davos	10 km classic individual start
41.	December 12, 2010	Davos	1.4 km sprint freestyle
42.	December 18, 2010	La Clusaz	15 km freestyle mass start
43.	January 22, 2011	Otepää	10 km classic individual start
44.	February 19, 2011	Drammen	10 km classic individual start
45.	March 13, 2011	Lahti	1.4 km sprint classic
46.	March 20, 2011	Stockholm / Falun	Overall ranking World Cup final
47.	November 19, 2011	Sjusjøen	10 km freestyle individual start
48.	November 27, 2011	Kuusamo	Overall rating Nordic Opening
49.	December 10, 2011	Davos	15 km freestyle individual start
50.	4th February 2012	Rybinsk	10 km freestyle mass start
51.	February 11, 2012	Nové Město na Moravě	15 km classic mass start
52.	March 4, 2012	Lahti	1.4 km sprint classic
53.	March 7, 2012	Drammen	1.2 km sprint classic
54.	March 11, 2012	Oslo	30 km classic mass start
55.	March 18, 2012	Falun	Overall ranking World Cup final
56.	November 24, 2012	Gällivare	10 km freestyle individual start
57.	December 2, 2012	Kuusamo	Overall rating Nordic Opening
58.	19th January 2013	La Clusaz	10 km classic mass start
59.	March 24, 2013	Stockholm / Falun	Overall ranking World Cup final
60.	December 1st, 2013	Kuusamo	Overall rating Nordic Opening
61.	December 14, 2013	Davos	15 km freestyle individual start
62.	December 15, 2013	Davos	1.5 km sprint freestyle
63.	1st of February 2014	Toblach	10 km classic individual start
64.	2nd February 2014	Toblach	1.3 km sprint freestyle
65.	March 2, 2014	Lahti	10 km freestyle individual start
66.	March 9, 2014	Oslo	30 km classic mass start
67.	November 29, 2014	Ruka	1.4 km sprint classic
68.	December 7, 2014	Lillehammer	Overall rating Nordic Opening
69.	20th December 2014	Davos	10 km freestyle individual start
70.	December 21, 2014	Davos	1.3 km sprint freestyle
71.	January 11, 2015	Tour de Ski	Overall rating
72.	February 14, 2015	Ostersund	1.2 km sprint classic
73.	March 7, 2015	Lahti	1.5 km sprint freestyle
74.	March 8, 2015	Lahti	10 km classic individual start
75.	March 15, 2015	Oslo	30 km freestyle mass start
76.	November 27, 2016	Ruka	10 km classic individual start
77.	January 21, 2017	Ulricehamn	10 km freestyle individual start
78.	29th January 2017	Falun	15 km classic mass start
79.	19th February 2017	Otepää	10 km classic individual start
80.	March 12, 2017	Oslo	30 km classic mass start
81.	19th March 2017	Quebec	Overall ranking of the World Cup Final 2017
82.	17th December 2017	Toblach	10 km classic pursuit
83.	March 11, 2018	Oslo	30 km freestyle mass start
84.	18th March 2018	Falun	Overall ranking World Cup final 2018

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	December 31, 2006	Munich	0.8 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2006/07
2.	March 20, 2010	Falun	2 × 5 km skiathlon	World Cup Final 2010
3.	November 26, 2010	Kuusamo	1.2 km sprint classic	Nordic Opening 2010
4th	November 27, 2010	Kuusamo	5 km classic individual start	Nordic Opening 2010
5.	March 18, 2011	Falun	2.5 km prologue classic	World Cup Final 2011
6th	March 19, 2011	Falun	2 × 5 km skiathlon	World Cup Final 2011
7th	November 25, 2011	Kuusamo	1.2 km sprint classic	Nordic Opening 2011
8th.	November 26, 2011	Kuusamo	5 km freestyle individual start	Nordic Opening 2011
9.	January 1, 2012	Oberstdorf	2 × 5 km skiathlon	Tour de Ski 2011/12
10.	January 3, 2012	Toblach	3 km classic individual start	Tour de Ski 2011/12
11.	4th January 2012	Toblach	1.3 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2011/12
12.	5th January 2012	Toblach	15 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2011/12
13.	March 14, 2012	Stockholm	1 km sprint classic	World Cup Final 2012
14th	March 16, 2012	Falun	2.5 km prologue freestyle	World Cup Final 2012
15th	November 30, 2012	Kuusamo	1.4 km sprint classic	Nordic Opening 2012
16.	December 1, 2012	Kuusamo	5 km freestyle individual start	Nordic Opening 2012
17th	December 2, 2012	Kuusamo	10 km classic pursuit 2	Nordic Opening 2012
18th	22th of March 2013	Falun	2.5 km prologue freestyle	World Cup Final 2013
19th	March 23, 2013	Falun	10 km classic mass start	World Cup Final 2013
20th	December 28, 2013	Oberhof	3 km prologue freestyle	Tour de Ski 2013/14
21st	March 14, 2014	Falun	1.2 km sprint classic	World Cup Final 2014
22nd	5th December 2014	Lillehammer	1.5 km sprint freestyle	Nordic Opening 2014
23	January 3, 2015	Oberstdorf	3.2 km prologue freestyle	Tour de Ski 2015
24.	4th January 2015	Oberstdorf	10 km pursuit classic 1	Tour de Ski 2015
25th	January 6, 2015	Val Müstair	1.4 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2015
26th	January 7, 2015	Toblach	5 km classic individual start	Tour de Ski 2015
27.	January 8, 2015	Toblach	15 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2015
28.	18th March 2017	Quebec	10 km classic mass start	World Cup Final 2017
29	19th March 2017	Quebec	10 km freestyle pursuit 2	World Cup Final 2017
30th	November 25, 2017	Ruka	10 km classic individual start	Ruka Triple 2017

¹ Be the first to cross the finish line to be the winner.

² 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 3
2.	December 7, 2003	Toblach	6 × 1.2 km team sprint freestyle 4
3.	December 14, 2003	Davos	4 × 5 km relay 5
4th	January 11, 2004	Otepää	4 × 5 km relay 3
5.	February 15, 2004	Oberstdorf	6 × 0.8 km team sprint freestyle 4
6th	February 22, 2004	Umeå	4 × 5 km relay 3
7th	October 24, 2004	Dusseldorf	6 × 0.8 km team sprint freestyle 4
8th.	November 21, 2004	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 6
9.	December 5, 2004	Bern	6 × 1.1 km team sprint freestyle 7
10.	December 15, 2004	Asiago	6 × 1.2 km classic team sprint 7
11.	October 23, 2005	Dusseldorf	6 × 0.8 km team sprint freestyle 4
12.	November 20, 2005	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay 8
13.	October 29, 2006	Dusseldorf	6 × 0.8 km team sprint freestyle 7
14th	November 19, 2006	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 3
15th	November 25, 2007	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay 9
16.	February 17, 2008	Liberec	4 × 1.4 km team sprint classic 10
17th	February 24, 2008	Falun	4 × 5 km relay 11
18th	November 23, 2008	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 12
19th	March 7, 2010	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay 12
20th	November 21, 2010	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 13
21st	December 19, 2010	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 13
22nd	January 16, 2011	Liberec	6 × 1.3 km classic team sprint 14
23.	November 20, 2011	Sjusjøen	4 × 5 km relay 13
24.	February 12, 2012	Nové Město na Moravě	4 × 5 km relay 9
25th	November 25, 2012	Gällivare	4 × 5 km relay 15
26th	20th January 2013	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 16
27.	December 8, 2013	Lillehammer	4 × 5 km relay 16
28.	December 18, 2016	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 17
29	22nd January 2017	Ulricehamn	4 × 5 km relay 18

³With Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde G. Petersen and Kristin Størmer Steira .

^4th With Hilde G. Petersen.

⁵With Vibeke Skofterud, Kristin Mürer Stemland and Hilde G. Petersen.

^6thWith Kine Beate Bjørnås , Vibeke Skofterud and Hilde G. Petersen.

^7thWith Ella Gjømle .

^8th With Ella Gjømle, Vibeke Skofterud and Hilde G. Petersen.

⁹With Astrid Jacobsen , Therese Johaug and Vibeke Skofterud.

¹⁰ With Astrid Jacobsen.

¹¹With Ingri Aunet Tyldum , Astrid Jacobsen, and Kristin Størmer Steira.

¹²With Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira and Marthe Kristoffersen .

¹³ With Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug and Kristin Størmer Steira.

^14thWith Maiken Caspersen Falla .

^15thWith Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug and Martine Ek Hagen .

¹⁶With Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug and Kristin Størmer Steira.

^17thWith Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Ragnhild Haga and Heidi Weng.

^18th With Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Heidi Weng and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen.

statistics

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

Year and place	competition
	10 km	Skiathlon pursuit	15 km	30 km	sprint	Season	Team sprint
2002 Salt Lake City	-	-	50.	14th	-	2.	-
2006 Turin	2.	DNF	-	-	18th	5.	4th
2010 Vancouver	3.	1.	-	2.	1.	1.	-
2014 Sochi	5.	1.	-	1.	11.	5.	1.
2018 Pyeongchang	3.	2.	-	1.	-	1.	3.

Nordic World Ski Championships

Year and place	competition
	10 km	Skiathlon pursuit	15 km	30 km	sprint	Season	Team sprint
2001 Lahti	24.	19th	-	-	-	-	-
2003 Val di Fiemme	-	-	24.	-	1.	2.	-
2005 Oberstdorf	3.	2.	-	1.	16.	1.	1.
2007 Sapporo	22nd	12.	-	9.	10.	3.	3.
2009 Liberec	16.	19th	-	-	9.	4th	-
2011 Oslo	1.	1.	-	2.	1.	1.	-
2013 Val di Fiemme	2.	1.	-	1.	1.	1.	-
2015 Falun	31.	6th	-	2.	1.	1.	-
2017 Lahti	1.	1.	-	1.	16.	1.	-

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	10	25th	5	7th	1	14th	40	12	114	9	20th
2nd place	4th	14th	1			7th	13	4th	43		5
3rd place	1	9	2			8th	7th		27		2
Top 10	18th	68	9	9	1	41	85	18th	249	10	31
Scoring	23	80	14th	11	2	49	104	19th	302	10	31
Starts	25th	86	14th	14th	2	52	110	19th	322	10	31
Status: end of season 2017/18

^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
2000/01	55	53.	-	-	19th	48.
2001/02	131	32.	-	-	44	36.
2002/03	508	6th	-	-	485	1.
2003/04	1139	2.	394	11.	745	1.
2004/05	1320	1.	740	1.	625	1.
2005/06	1036	1.	642	4th	394	1.
2006/07	941	2.	405	4th	216	6th
2007/08	690	11.	502	6th	188	16.
2008/09	709	10.	436	9.	147	14th
2009/10	1320	2.	636	2.	484	2.
2010/11	1578	2.	775	2.	403	4th
2011/12	2689	1.	1448	1.	521	3.
2012/13	1148	4th	492	6th	256	7th
2013/14	1498	2.	705	2.	433	3.
2014/15	2172	1.	962	1.	610	1.
2015/16	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	1307	5.	854	2.	153	15th
2017/18	1078	5.	636	5.	82	26th

Placements in World Cup stage races

season	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final
2006/07	-	2.	-
2007/08	-	WD	6th
2008/09	-	10.	20th
2009/10	-	-	1.
2010/11	1.	-	1.
2011/12	1.	2.	1.
2012/13	1.	-	1.
2013/14	1.	WD	2.
2014/15	1.	1.	-
2015/16	-	-	-
2016/17	4th	-	1.
2017/18	2.	-	1.

Legend: WD : No longer started at a stage in the course of the race ( withdrawal ).

Web links

Commons : Marit Bjørgen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marit Bjørgen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Marit Bjørgen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Marit Bjørgen on twitter

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result European Youth Olympic Festival 1997 7.5 km classic
2. ^ Result JWM 1999 season
3. ^ Result JWM 1999 5 km
4. ^ Result JWM 2000 relay
5. ↑ 2013 will be our year! Only her heart can stop Marit Björgen Die Welt online, December 30, 2012, accessed on January 19, 2013.
6. ↑ Cross-country Olympic champion Marit Bjørgen puts Baby-Pause an Sport 1 online, June 23, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2015.
7. ↑ Record Olympic champion Bjørgen announces the end of her career. Spiegel Online, April 6, 2018, accessed April 8, 2018.
8. ↑ Tigress and dream woman FAZ from February 25, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2018.
9. ↑ Bjørgen he blitt mamma.