Birgit Skarstein
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| Full name | Birgit Røkkum Skarstein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1989 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birgit Skarstein (born 10 February 1989) is a Norwegian competitive rower and cross-country skier. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's single sculls, winning a gold medal.[1][2][3]
Career[]
In rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she finished fourth in the single sculls event. In cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Skarstein competed in the 1 km sprint classic, 5 km free, and 15 km free events. In cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, she competed in the 1.5 km sprint classic, 7.5 km classic, and 15 km free events.
Skarstein won a gold medal in PR1W1x at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, ahead of Moran Samuel.[4]
In 2019 she qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan after winning the gold medal in the PR1 Women's single sculls event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Dominant performance sees Birgit Skarstein claim elusive Paralympic gold in Tokyo". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Capar, Robin-Ivan (29 August 2021). "Birgit Skarstein wins Norway's first Paralympics gold in Tokyo: "It was like a dream"". Norway Today. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Rowing SKARSTEIN Birgit Lovise Roekkum - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Hjellen, Bjørnar (1 October 2017). "Skarstein fosset inn til nytt VM-gull: – En drøm går i oppfyllelse" [Skarstein watered in for new World Cup gold: - A dream come true]. nrk.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Patrick, O’Kane (1 September 2019). "Polianskyi and Skarstein claim PR1 single sculls titles at World Rowing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links[]
- Birgit Skarstein at World Rowing
- Birgit Skarstein at the International Paralympic Committee
- Birgit Skarstein at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
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