Kristin Størmer Steira

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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 5 km
Bronze	2005 Oberstdorf	7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit

Kristin Størmer Steira (born April 30, 1981) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She won two medals at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 5 km and a bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit.

Steira finished fourth in three individual events (10 km, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, 30 km) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She has four individual career victories at various levels from 2002 to 2006.

[edit] External links

• FIS Profile (As Kristin Steira Stoermer)
• Official homepage.

World champions in women's cross country skiing 4 x 5 km relay

(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, & Valentina Tsareva 1958 Soviet Union Radia Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, & Ljubov Kozyreva 1962 Soviet Union Ljubov Kozyreva, Maria Gusakova, & Alevtina Kolchina 1966 Soviet Union Klavdija Bojarskikh, Rita Achkina, & Alevtina Kolchina 1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova, & Alevtina Olyunina (As 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, & Brit Pettersen 1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vassilchenko, & Anfisa Romanova 1987 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, 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, Julija Tchepalova, & Nina Gavrilyuk 2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher 2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, & Marit Bjørgen