GUNN-RITA DAHLE FLESJÅ

The last season saw the return of Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå to the winning circle in the Olympic Cross Country format: Under very bad weather conditions, the seasoned Norwegian crowned herself as European champion in Moscow. She also managed to win two Worldcup races in La Bresse and Val d’Isère respectively. This brought her total of Worldcup wins to 28, equalling a record that Julie Furtado had set in the 90ies and that seemed to be for eternity. In the Worldcup’s overall standings Dahle-Flesjå finished in second, and at the end of the year she was placed in third in the Cross Country world ranking. London’s Olympic games were a huge disappointment for Gunn-Rita however, as a crash and a mechanical took her out of contention. But she returned to win first a silver medal at the world Cross Country championships in Saalfelden, Austria, and then another silver medal at the World marathon championships in Ornans, France, one again proving her versatility. As the finals of the 2013’s Cross Country Worldcup are going to be held in Norway, Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå will be poised to finish the season on a high note.

Worldranking 3 (previous year 6)
size 173 cm
weight 59 kg
place of residence Stavanger (NOR)
date of birth 10.02.1973
learned job Journalism
coach Kenneth Flesjå
Hobbys writing / reading and playing with my little son
marital state married to Kenneth / one child
Website www.gunnrita.com

Presse conference 2012

SUCCESSES

2012 1st European Cross Country Championships, Silver at both the World Cross Country Championships and World Marathon Championships, Worldcup finishes: Winner in la Bresse and Val d’Isère, 5th at Mont Saint-Anne, 7th at Windham, 8th at Nove Mesto and Houffalize, 2nd in the Worldcup’s overall standings

2011 1st European Marathon Championships, 1st Norwegian national Cross Country Championships, Worldcup finishes: 3rd at Val di sole, 4th at Nove Mesto, 6th at World Championships Crosscountry

2010 Silver medal european championshipsmarathon, 6th world championships marathon, 3rd Roc d’Azur (Cross Country)

2009 1st European marathon championships,
1st Norwegian national Cross Country championships,1st at Montebelluna’s Gunn-Rita-Marathon

2008 World marathon champion, 7th at World championships Cross Country, Worldcup finishes: 1st (Madrid), 5th (Mont Sainte Anne), 6th (Houffalize), 8th (Fort William)

2007 2nd Worldcup Houffalize, 3rd Worldcup Offenburg, 1st at MTB Bundesliga Münsingen,
1st at Sunshine Cup in Nals, 1st at Gunn-Rita Marathon

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