… she grew up on a farm with her mother Kristin, father Ola-Ivar and her sister Kari (02.03.1986) and brother Anders (03.03.1979) in a little town called Rognes, which is close to Trondheim. Her boyfriend is Fred Börre Lundberg, a former Nordic Combined athlete.
...Bjoergen fully concentrates on her sport: ”When she is doing something then she is doing it right, maybe sometimes she is too perfect,” her mother once said about her.
...she is the most successful Norwegian female at Winter Olympic Games
... she has won everything ranging from sprint to Vasaloppet and leads the ranking of the most World Cup victories with 46 win’s together with Bjoern Daehlie.
...Bjoergen plans to fully focus on preparations for the FIS Tour de Ski in the next season. She want’s to become the first Norwegian skier to win this Tour.
...she was awarded with the Holmenkollen medal in 2010 – the highest award for a ski sport athlete in Norway.
…she recovered from last season having spent ten days in the Caribbean and Florida.
…she is roller ski World Champion 2011 (10 km uphill competition)
… her hobbies are friends, family and sport
…website: http://www.maritbjoergen.no/ |