Vibeke Skofterud

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km
Silver 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km
Bronze 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km

Vibeke Westbye Skofterud (born April 20, 1980 in Askim) is a Norwegian cross country skier who has been competing since 1999. She won a complete set of 4 x 5 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (gold: 2005, silver: 2003, bronze: 2007) and earned her best individual finish of 13th in the 5 km + 5 km double pursuit in 2003.

Skofterud's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 8th in the 30 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Her lone victory came in a pursuit race in Norway in 2006.

[edit] Trivia

  • In 2005, Vibeke turned down an offer to appear in the Norwegian edition of the men's magazine FHM. The rejection was done after pressure from the Norwegian skiing federation.
  • Vibeke's laptop with several private photos were stolen in 2004, and some of these images appeared on internet discussion groups in November 2006.

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World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay
3 x 5 km
4 x 5 km
1974 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova * 1978 Finland - Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo * 1982 Norway - Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1989 Finland - Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen * 1991 Soviet Union - Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe * 1993 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova * 1995 Russia - Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk * 1997 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe * 1999 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2001 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
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