Anita Andreassen
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Norway
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| Women's mushing | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1992 | Pulk |
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1993 | Pulk |
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1994 | Pulk |
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1991 | Pulk |
Anita Andreassen (born 9 October 1960) is a Norwegian mushing competitor and cyclist. She is three times world champion in mushing. She was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1996, for excelling in multiple sports.
Mushing
[edit]She received a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championship, followed by gold medals in 1992, 1993 and 1994.[1] At the 1993 World Championships, she also raced faster than the men.[2] She is three times European champion (2 individual, 1 relay),[3]: 338 and several times national champion in mushing.[3]: 337
In 1987 she also became the first to win all three events during the Norwegian mushing championships.[4] The achievement earned her the King's Cup.[5] She also won the King's Cup trophy in mushing in 1989.[3]: 337 She retired after her 1994 title.[2]
Other sports
[edit]Andreassen was national champion in road cycling in 1979.[6] In a tight race in Steinkjer, during which it hailed, she won only centimetres ahead of reigning five-time national champion May Britt Nilsen.[7] Andreassen was a member of the national team from 1977 to 1980,[1] and represented Norway at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships.[8]
She has also competed successfully[how?] in cross country skiing.[1]
Awards
[edit]Andreassen was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1996,[1] for her accomplishments in mushing, cycling and skiing.[9] She received the badge of honor from Troms District Association of the Sports Confederation in 1982, and the badge with star in 2004, for her later achievements.[1]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Tromsø and resided in Tromsdalen. Having finished commerce school in 1978, she worked as a bank clerk in the 1980s.[8] She later resided in Skellefteå, having had two children in 1995 and 1997.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "TROMS IDRETTSKRETS HEDERSTEGN". Troms idrettskrets. idrett.no/troms. 18 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ a b c Sivertsen, Øyvind (20 February 2015). "Hun er byens idrettspionér". iTromsø (in Norwegian). p. 14.
- ^ a b c Schanke, Tom A (2007). "Hundekjøring". Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. pp. 337–339. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
- ^ Johannessen, Bjørn Arne (23 February 1987). "3 X gulljente". Tromsø (in Norwegian). p. 8.
- ^ Johannessen, Bjørn Arne (16 February 1987). "Med hilsen fra Kongen". Tromsø (in Norwegian). p. 8.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Svinsås, Dag (16 July 1979). "Anita spurtet best - ble norsk mester!". Tromsø (in Norwegian). p. 10.
- ^ a b Skirstad, Berit, ed. (1986). Hvem er hvem i norsk idrett (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 11. ISBN 8200363589.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Egebergs ærespris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 May 2023.