Petter Brenna

Petter Brenna
nation	Norway
birthday	July 27, 1986
place of birth	Bærum
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination
society	Stabæk IF
status	active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut March 9, 2007
last change: March 20, 2011

Petter Brenna (born July 27, 1986 in Bærum ) is a Norwegian ski racer . His strongest disciplines are slalom and giant slalom .

Career

Brenna took part in FIS races for the first time in November 2001, appearances in the European Cup followed from December 2003. However, he did not win his first points in the European Cup until the 2006/07 season and in February 2008 he achieved his best so far with 14th place in the giant slalom in Jasná Result in this racing series. At Junior World Championships, his best result is tenth place in the combination in 2005 . In the World Cup , Brenna took part in three races for the first time in March 2007, but remained without points just like at his next and so far last World Cup start in February 2008. In March 2008 he became Norwegian champion in super combined.

Brenna has been studying at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , United States, since 2008 . Since the 2008/09 season he has been competing in the Nor-Am Cup , the North American counterpart to the European Cup. There he quickly caught up with the leaders and celebrated his first victory in the giant slalom on Sunday River on January 6, 2009 . A year later he won the slalom at the same location. In the overall ranking he came second in the giant slalom and third in the slalom in the 2009/10 season . The following season he was fourth in the slalom classification.

Sporting successes

Junior World Championships

• Briançonnais 2003 : 41st Downhill, 48th Super-G
• Maribor 2004 : 31st downhill, 40th Super-G
• Bardonecchia 2005 : 10th combination, 16th slalom, 20th descent, 22nd giant slalom
• Québec 2006 : 12th downhill, 13th Super-G, 28th giant slalom

European Cup

• 1 place among the best 15

Nor-Am Cup

• Season 2008/09 : 6th giant slalom ranking
• Season 2009/10 : 2nd giant slalom ranking, 3rd slalom ranking
• 2010/11 season : 4th slalom ranking
• 6 podium places, including 2 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
January 6, 2009	Sunday River	United States	Giant slalom
January 5, 2010	Sunday River	United States	slalom

More Achievements

• Norwegian champion in super combined 2008
• 9 victories in FIS races (3 × slalom, 4 × giant slalom, 2 × Super-G)

Web links

• Petter Brenna in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Petter Brenna in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Profile of Petter Brenna on the University of New Mexico website