Kine Beate Bjørnås

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Kine Beate Bjørnås
Country  Norway
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 44)
Levanger, Norway
Ski club IL Varden
World Cup career
Seasons 8 – (2000–2002, 2004–2008)
Team wins 1
Indiv. podiums 0
Team podiums 3
Indiv. starts 70
Team starts 11
Overall titles 0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km skiathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme 15 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 4 × 5 km relay
Updated on 26 May 2019.

Kine Beate Bjørnås (born 12 May 1980) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won gold at the 2005 Norwegian Skiing Championships (no).

Personal life

Bjørnås is from Meråker.[1] As a youngster, Bjørnås travelled to Sør-Trøndelag for skiing, as there were too few competitive skiers in Nord-Trøndelag.[2] There she became friends with Marit Bjørgen.[2] She has a bachelor's degree in sports.[3]

Career

Bjørnås joined the Norwegian junior team for the 2001–02 skiing season. Her best result that season was second in the 5 km classical event in Dombås.[4] As a junior, she was described as "one of the most promising Norwegian skiers".[5] She was promoted to the senior team for the 2003 season, but missed the entire season due to a cruciate ligament injury.[2][4] In the 2003–04 season, her best result was second in the 10 km classical event in Bardufoss.[4]

During the 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Bjørnås and fellow Norwegians Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, and Marit Bjørgen won the 4x5km relay race in Gällivare, Sweden.[1][6] In the same season, the same four came third in the 4 × 5 km relay in Val di Fiemme, Italy.[7] Bjørnås, Pedersen, Kristin Mürer Stemland, and Bjørgen also came second in the 4 × 5km relay in Falun, Sweden.[8] In 2005, she won the 30 km classical event at the Norwegian Skiing Championships (no).[1] She came 27th in the Women's sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005.[9] Her best individual result at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup was seventh place in the 2006 15 km double staggered start race in Sapporo, Japan.[10]

Bjørnås retired from the sport in 2008, choosing to become a skiing coach in Nord-Trøndelag.[1][3] She has coached double Olympic champion Petter Northug.[11] The Kinetest, a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in Meråker, is named after Bjørnås; the men's trail is slightly longer and is called the Frodetest after Frode Estil.[12]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[13]

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
2005 24 25 — 30 27 — —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
2000 19 NC N/A NC — NC N/A N/A
2001 20 83 N/A N/A N/A NC N/A N/A
2002 21 65 N/A N/A N/A 57 N/A N/A
2004 23 39 30 N/A N/A 31 N/A N/A
2005 24 27 19 N/A N/A 38 N/A N/A
2006 25 51 35 N/A N/A NC N/A N/A
2007 26 57 NC N/A N/A NC 17 N/A
2008 27 NC NC N/A N/A — — —

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2004–05 24 November 2004 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
2 12 December 2004 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
3 20 March 2005 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Stemland / Bjørgen

References

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