Vibeke Skofterud

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Vibeke Skofterud Cross-country skiing
Vibeke Skofterud, 2015

Vibeke Skofterud, 2015

nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday April 20, 1980
place of birth Askim , Norway
size 165 cm
Weight 62 kg
date of death 29th July 2018
Place of death St. Helena
Career
society Slitu IF
Trainer Steinar Mundal
National squad since 1999
End of career 2014
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
JWM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2010 Vancouver Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Season
gold 2005 Oberstdorf Season
bronze 2007 Sapporo Season
gold 2011 Oslo Season
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
bronze 2000 Štrbské Pleso Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 0March 8, 2000
 World Cup victories in the team 17 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 11. ( 2001/02 , 2011/12 )
 Sprint World Cup 13th ( 2002/03 )
 Distance World Cup 06th ( 2011/12 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 0 1 0
 Distance races 0 5 6th
 Season 17th 3 3
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup February 25, 2006
 Continental Cup victories 02 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 12. ( 2010/11 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 2 1 0
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
 Debut in the Cup 0March 4, 2012
 Worldloppet Cup victories 01 ( details )
 Overall rating 11. ( 2011/12 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single race 1 0 0
 

Vibeke Westbye Skofterud (born April 20, 1980 in Askim ; † July 29, 2018 in St. Helena , Hove , Arendal ) was a Norwegian cross-country skier . She celebrated her greatest successes with the Norwegian cross-country relay, with which she won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and at the 2005 and 2011 World Championships .

Career

Vibeke Skofterud competed internationally for the first time at the 1999 Junior World Championships in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer . Over the 15 km in free style, she finished 37th. After she won a podium twice over the 5 km in Campra in December, she started at the Junior World Championships 2000 in Štrbské Pleso . There she ran over 5 km in eighth place. Even over the 15 km in classic style, she finished ninth in the top 10. In the relay competition, she won the bronze medal with the Norwegian team. On March 8, 2000, Skofterud made her debut in the cross-country skiing world cup . In Oslo she reached 25th place in the sprint and won her first World Cup points straight away.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti , Skofterud was part of the Norwegian team. In the pursuit, she finished in 36th place. In the sprint she came in 16th place. Two weeks after the World Championship, she was in the top 10 in a World Cup race for the first time at the sprint in Oslo. At the Norwegian Championships 2001 in Steinkjer , she won the bronze medal over the 30 km behind Bente Skari and Elin Nilsen . Shortly after the start of the 2001/02 season , she reached a World Cup podium for the first time in Cogne as third. A day later she was second in the sprint. A week later, Skofterud was part of the World Cup relay for the first time. Together with Tina Bay , Bente Skari and Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , she celebrated her first World Cup victory in Davos . At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that followed in February , she remained after placements in midfield in the individual disciplines without a relay nomination. Back in the World Cup, she reached the relay in Falun as second and again a place in the top three. At the last World Cup of the season in Lillehammer , she was second in the individual over the 58 km.

In the 2002/03 season Skofterud started with a fifth place in the sprint of Düsseldorf . In November she won the relay in Kiruna . She also won the relay race in Davos with her teammates. After some rather poor results, Skofterud traveled to the World Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme in February . After finishing 22nd in the individual over 10 km in classic style, she reached 13th place in the skiathlon. With the relay she won the silver medal. In the overall World Cup ranking, Skofterud ended up in 21st place after rather poor results after the World Cup.

The 2003/04 season went better . After winning the relay in Beitostølen , she was second over the 10 km from Kuusamo again on a podium in an individual World Cup. In Davos, she and her teammates defended the relay victory from the previous year. Also in Otepää in January, the relay came first. In Umeå , the team achieved their third win of the season and won all relay races of the season.

In the following season, the team started again with a relay win in Gällivare . In the individual races, Skofterud remained without a win or another podium despite good top 10 placements. In Lago di Tesero, she and the team missed victory for the first time in over a year and crossed the finish line in third place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 she was also unable to convince in the individual disciplines, but secured the world championship title with the team in the relay race.

The season in Beitostølen also started the following winter with a clear victory. In February 2006 Skofterud started for the first time in the Cross-Country Scandinavian Cup , where she immediately won the two 7.5 km in Nes .

At the beginning of winter 2006/07 , Skofterud just missed the podium in Gällivare in fifth. A day later, she won the relay race with her teammates again. In Kuusamo she ran again in 5th place over the 10 km in the individual race. In December and January she competed in the Tour de Ski for the first time and finished it in ninth place in the overall standings. As a member of the Norwegian squad, she traveled to the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo . After finishing 33rd in the sprint, she was 13th in the pursuit. After a 21st place in the following individual over the 10 km, she won the bronze medal over 4 × 7.5 km with the relay.

In the 2007/08 season Skofterud started with one kilometer in second on 10 in Beitostølen. A day later she won the race in the same place with the relay. In Davos, too, she barely missed her first individual World Cup victory. As in Beitostølen, she achieved victory with the relay. The following Tour de Ski 2007/08 she broke off prematurely after she had not started in Val di Fiemme. At the following Norwegian Championships in 2008 at Granåsen , she won silver over 10 km and bronze in the pursuit.

In August 2009 Skofterud started the Rollerski World Cup for the first time and finished seventh in Kristiansund . The Tour de Ski 2009/10 ended for her again in Val di Fiemme after she was disqualified there. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she won the gold medal in the relay race together with Marit Bjørgen , Kristin Størmer Steira and Therese Johaug . Further top placements, including in the relay, did not materialize until the end of the season.

In August 2010 she won her first race in the Rollerski World Cup. In November she and her teammates won the first relay World Cup of the season in Gällivare. The following Nordic Opening in Kuusamo ended Skofterud in sixth.

In January 2011 Skofterud won her second race in the Scandinavian Cup in Torsby . In Oslo she took part in the 2011 World Championships in March and won the gold medal for the second time with her team mates.

In the following winter 2011/12 she started with a third place in Sjusjøen . A day later she celebrated her 15th relay World Cup victory with the team. At the Nordic Opening a few days later she also proved her strength with three podium places and third place overall. In March 2012 Skofterud won the Wasalauf . She had previously finished the overall World Cup in 11th place. She was subsequently unable to build on this success and contested her last international race during the Tour de Ski 2013/14 . For her sudden end to her career, she later gave health reasons.

From November 2015 she worked as a commentator at Eurosport. She also gave ski courses and was active as a trainer.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
000000000000001.00000000001 December 16, 2001 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay S1
000000000000002.00000000002 November 24, 2002 SwedenSweden Kiruna 4 × 5 km relay S2
000000000000003.00000000003 December 8, 2002 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay S3
000000000000004.00000000004th November 23, 2003 NorwayNorway Beitostølen 4 × 5 km relay S4
000000000000005.00000000005 December 14, 2003 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay S5
000000000000006.00000000006th January 11, 2004 EstoniaEstonia Otepää 4 × 5 km relay S6
000000000000007.00000000007th February 22, 2004 SwedenSweden Umeå 4 × 5 km relay S7
000000000000008.00000000008th November 21, 2004 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay S8
000000000000009.00000000009 November 20, 2005 NorwayNorway Beitostølen 4 × 5 km relay S9
000000000000010.000000000010 November 19, 2006 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay S10
000000000000011.000000000011 November 25, 2007 NorwayNorway Beitostølen 4 × 5 km relay S11
000000000000012.000000000012 December 9, 2007 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay S12
000000000000013.000000000013 November 21, 2010 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay S13
000000000000014.000000000014th December 19, 2010 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 5 km relay S14
000000000000015.000000000015th November 20, 2011 NorwayNorway Sjusjøen 4 × 5 km relay S15
000000000000016.000000000016 February 12, 2012 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město na Moravě 4 × 5 km relay S16
000000000000017.000000000017th November 25, 2012 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay S17

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. February 25, 2006 NorwayNorway Nes 15 km skiathlon Scandinavian Cup
2. January 8, 2011 SwedenSweden Torsby 10 km classic Scandinavian Cup

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No. date place run discipline
1. March 4, 2012 SwedenSweden Halls Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start 1
1At the same time part of the Ski Classics .

Medals at national championships

  • 2001 : Bronze over 30 km
  • 2002 : Gold in the sprint
  • 2003 : Bronze in the sprint
  • 2008 : Silver over 10 km
  • 2009 : Bronze over 10 km
  • 2011 : Bronze over 10 km

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   17th
2nd place 3 1 1 1 6th 3
3rd place 1 3 1 1 6th 3
Top 10 1 26th 2 1 2 5 5 4th 46 3 30th
Scoring 5 49 14th 6th 4th 14th 25th 6th 123 3 30th
Starts 8th 55 15th 8th 4th 16 40 6th 152 3 30th
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 distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1999/2000 6th 83. - - 6th 58.
2000/01 83 43. - - 57 28.
2001/02 370 11. - - 125 14th
2002/03 217 21st - - 133 13.
2003/04 437 13. 366 13. 71 27.
2004/05 157 28. 107 23. 50 30th
2005/06 123 43. 116 31. 7th 69.
2006/07 364 15th 244 11. 4th 75.
2007/08 234 30th 232 20th 2 79.
2008/09 63 57. 63 37. - -
2009/10 343 18th 306 12. 29 59.
2010/11 331 21st 225 17th 26th 51.
2011/12 707 11. 522 6th 65 33.
2012/13 316 23. 244 18th - -
2013/14 90 56. 70 33. - -

Private

In 2005 Skofterud turned down an offer for erotic photos for the Norwegian edition of the FHM at pressure from the National Ski Association. Her private laptop with intimate photos had previously been stolen in 2004, some of which appeared in Internet forums in 2006. In a 2016 interview, Skofterud announced that he narrowly escaped kidnapping while visiting Thailand in 2013 . She had already declared herself a lesbian in 2008. Vibeke Skofterud was reported missing by her partner on July 28, 2018. On July 29, Skofterud's body was found on the island of St. Helena near Færvik after her jet ski apparently collided with a rock and she was thrown ashore.

Web links

Commons : Vibeke Skofterud  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Øystein Herne: Skofterud ble paff av egne triumfer. In: vg.no. August 18, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2017 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ a b Vibeke Skofterud legger opp: - Kroppen har says fra. In: aftenbladet.no. August 18, 2015, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Wenche Fuglehaug, Hanne Christiansen, Shaghayegh Yousefi: Tragedien skjedde ved Hovekilen i Arendal. In: aftenposten.no. Aftenposten , July 29, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Daniel Røed Johansen, Steffen Stenersen: Langrennsmiljøet i sorg: Vibeke Skofterud omkom i ulykke. In: aftenposten.no. Aftenposten , July 29, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1999 - Ladies' 15km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  6. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2000 - Ladies' 5km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  7. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2000 - Ladies' 15km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Ladies' 10 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  9. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Ladies' SP 1 km F Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  10. ↑ National Championships 2001 - Ladies' 30 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  11. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  12. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 2x5 km M Double Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  13. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' Rel 4 × 5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  14. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' Rel 4 × 5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  15. ↑ Tour de Ski 2006/07 - Ladies' Overall Standing in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  16. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' SP C Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  17. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' 15 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  18. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies' Rel 4 × 5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  19. ↑ Scandinavian Cup Torsby - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  20. ↑ World Ski Championships 2011 - Ladies' Rel 4 × 5 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  21. ↑ Marathon Cup Sälen-Mora-Ladies' 90 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 17, 2017
  22. ↑ Terje Bendiksby / Ntb Scanpix: Skofterud har fått ny jobb. (No longer available online.) In: sporten.com. November 26, 2015, archived from the original on February 18, 2017 ; Retrieved on February 17, 2017 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  23. ↑ Vibeke Skofterud legger opp. In: langrenn.com. August 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2017 (Norwegian).
  24. ↑ Gaute Tyssebotn: Skofterud dropper sexy pictures. In: nettavisen.no. September 16, 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2017 (Norwegian).
  25. ↑ Anders Skjerdingstad: Skulle holds kjeft om FHM. In: nettavisen.no. November 20, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2017 (Norwegian).
  26. ↑ Angelica Hagen: Vibeke Skofterud forteller om bortføringsforsøk i Thailand. In: vg.no. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017 (Norwegian).
  27. ^ Vibeke Skofterud. In: frauliebenfrau.de. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Tragic details of the death of the Norwegian Olympic champion , accessed on July 30, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Skofterud, Vibeke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skofterud, Vibeke Westbye (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Askim , Norway
DATE OF DEATH 29th July 2018
Place of death St. Helena