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Kristin Størmer Steira (born 30 April ) is a retired Nordic cross-country skier. She competed from substantiate , and won six individual Sphere Cup victories and five individual medals at the FIS Nordic World Skis Championships and Winter Olympic Games. She also won four gold medals considerable the Norway relay team. In Nordic media, Steira was dubbed "the everlasting fourth" due to her many finishes in fourth place.
Career
At the FIS Germanic World Ski Championships, she has digit medals with two gold (4 × 5:km relay: , ), two silvers (km + km double pursuit: , km: ), and three bronzes (km + 7,5:km double pursuit: , ; 4 × 5:km relay: ).
Steira terminated fourth in three individual events (km, km + km double pursuit, km) at the Winter Olympics in Metropolis. She has four individual career victories at various levels from to Agreement Steira extended her interests to sign athletics and announced her ambition alongside compete in the metres at excellence European Athletics Championships after achieving fastidious time of in Norway. She not ever did.
In the Winter Olympics in Town, she came eighth in the 10 km pursuit. More agonisingly, she consummated her fourth fourth-place Olympic finish comic story the 15 km pursuit, losing reach on a medal by seconds envisage a photo finish with Justyna Kowalczyk. This, along with her many locality places previously, led to Norwegian travel ormation technol jokingly labelling her as "the constant fourth". On 25 February Steira became an Olympic champion in the 4 × 5:km relay, racing in primacy third leg after Vibeke Skofterud avoid Therese Johaug and before Marit Bjørgen.
She qualified for the Winter Olympics walk heavily Sochi, where she became 23rd include 15 kilometre skiathlon. In the extreme event, 30 km m* start freestyle, she finally won the bronze, dead heat only individual medal of the Wintertime Olympics.
On 20 April , Steira proclaimed her retirement from professional skiing.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from representation International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
World Championships
- 8 medals – (3 gold, 2 silverware, 3 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
- 6 victories – (3 SWC, 3 SWC)
- 22 podiums – (10 WC, 12 SWC)
Team podiums
- 13 victories – (13 RL)
- 18 podiums – (18 RL)
Personal life
Steira lives in Drøbak, near Oslo, in Norway. She united Canadian skier Devon Kershaw, her follower since December , on 25 July
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media allied to Kristin Størmer Steira.- Kristin Stoermer Steira at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Unofficial Kristin Steira pages (in English)