Bente Skari

Full name

Bente Skari

Born

10 September 1972
Nittedal, Akershus, Norway

Height

173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Ski club

Nittedal IL

World Cup career

Seasons

1992–2003

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Overall titles

4 – (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003)

Medal record

Women's cross-country skiing

Representing

Norway

International nordic ski competitions

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Olympic Games	1	2	2
World Championships	5	2	0
Total	6	4	2

2002 Salt Lake City

4 × 5 km relay

1998 Nagano

5 km classical

2002 Salt Lake City

30 km classical

World Championships

1999 Ramsau

5 km classical

2001 Lahti

10 km classical

2001 Lahti

15 km classical

2003 Val di Fiemme

10 km classical

2003 Val di Fiemme

15 km classical

1997 Trondheim

4 x 5 km relay

2001 Lahti

4 x 5 km relay

Bente Skari, née Martinsen, (born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian former cross country skier. She is one of the most successful cross country skiers ever.

Career

She won her first Olympic medals in 1998, and won her first gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics, coming from behind to beat the favourites Olga Danilova and Julija Tchepalova in the last kilometers of the 10 km classical event. She also won a bronze medal in 30 km classical as well as a silver medal in the relay.

Additionally, she won five gold medals (5 km: 1999, 10 km: 2001, 2003, and 15 km: 2001, 2003) from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, as well as two silver (4 x 5 km: 1997, 2001) medals. She won the overall cross-country skiing World Cup four times before retiring after the 2002/2003 season.

Skari also won the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2003. In 2001, she received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Adam Małysz and Thomas Alsgaard). Her father, Odd Martinsen, earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1969. They are the only father-daughter combination to ever win this prestigious honour.

In 1998, she won Tjejvasan.^[1]

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011

In 2007, Skari was named as the first woman race administrator in cross country skiing. She assisted in the 2007-08 Tour de Ski, working as an assistant technical delegate in the events held in the Czech Republic. This is part of the Norwegian Ski Federation's effort to promote more women in management positions in skiing.

Personal life

Bente Skari was named Martinsen before marrying Geir Skari in 1999. She is the mother of three children, Filip, Oda and Selma.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Season titles

9 titles – (4 overall, 5 sprint)

Season	Discipline
1998	Sprint
1999	Overall
1999	Sprint
2000	Overall
2000	Sprint
2001	Sprint
2002	Overall
2002	Sprint
2003	Overall

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Long Distance		Sprint
1994	21	32	N/A		N/A
1995	22	25	N/A		N/A
1996	23	12	N/A		N/A
1997	24	6	10		4
1998	25	2	10		1
1999	26	1	13		1
2000	27	1	5^[a]	6^[a]	1
2001	28	2	N/A		1
2002	29	1	N/A		1
2003	30	1	N/A		2

a. ¹ 5th in the Long Distance World Cup.
² 6th in the Middle Distance World Cup.

Individual victories

42 victories
60 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	1997–98	10 December 1997	Milano, Italy	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
2		13 December 1997	Val di Fiemme, Italy	5 km C Individual	World Cup
3		9 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	5 km C Individual	World Cup
4	1998–99	13 December 1998	Toblach, Italy	10 km C Individual	World Cup
5		27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
6		28 December 1998	Engelberg, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
7		29 December 1998	Kitzbühel, Austria	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
8		5 January 1999	Otepää, Estonia	10 km C Individual	World Cup
9		9 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km C Individual	World Cup
10		22 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	5 km C Individual	World Championships^[a]
11	1999–2000	27 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	5 km C Individual	World Cup
12		29 December 1999	Kitzbühel, Austria	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
13		28 February 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
14		8 March 2000	Oslo, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
15		17 March 2000	Bormio, Italy	5 km C Individual	World Cup
16	2000–01	25 November 2000	Beitostølen, Norway	10 km C Individual	World Cup
17		16 December 2000	Brusson, Italy	10 km C Individual	World Cup
18		28 December 2000	Engelberg, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
19		14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow, USA	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
20		1 February 2001	Asiago, Italy	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
21		10 February 2001	Otepää, Estonia	5 km C Individual	World Cup
22	2001–02	24 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	10 km C Individual	World Cup
23		8 December 2001	Cogne, Italy	5 km C Individual	World Cup
24		15 December 2001	Davos, Switzerland	10 km C Individual	World Cup
25		19 December 2001	Asiago, Italy	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
26		8 January 2002	Val di Fiemme, Italy	15 km C Mass Start	World Cup
27		5 March 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
28		13 March 2002	Oslo, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
29	2002–03	30 November 2002	Kuusamo, Finland	10 km C Individual	World Cup
30		7 December 2002	Davos, Switzerland	10 km F Individual	World Cup
31		14 December 2002	Cogne, Italy	15 km C Mass Start	World Cup
32		15 December 2002	Cogne, Italy	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
33		21 December 2002	Ramsau, Austria	2x5 km M Pursuit	World Cup
34		12 January 2003	Otepää, Estonia	15 km C Mass Start	World Cup
35		18 January 2003	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km F Individual	World Cup
36		23 January 2003	Oberhof, Germany	10 km C Mass Start	World Cup
37		15 February 2003	Asiago, Italy	5 km C Individual	World Cup
38		6 March 2003	Oslo, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
39		8 March 2003	Oslo, Norway	30 km C Mass Start	World Cup
40		11 March 2003	Drammen, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup
41		20 March 2003	Borlänge, Sweden	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup
42		22 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	2x5 km M Double Pursuit	World Cup

a. ¹ 1999 World Championship races are included in the 1998–99 World Cup scoring system.

Overall record

Result	Distance Races^[a]						Sprint	Ski Tours	Individual Events	Team Events		All Events
Result	≤ 5 km^[b]	≤ 10 km^[b]	≤ 15 km^[b]	≤ 30 km^[b]	≥ 30 km^[b]	Pursuit^[c]	Sprint	Ski Tours	Individual Events	Team Sprint	Relay^[d]	All Events
1st place	8	11	3	1	–	2	17	–	42	–	3	45
2nd place	1	4	3	1	–	1	3	–	13	–	2	15
3rd place	–	2	1	–	–	–	2	–	5	–	–	5
Podiums	9	17	7	2	–	3	22	–	60	–	5	65
Top 10	16	24	13	5	–	7	25	–	90	–	7	97
Points	29	41	21	12	–	9	28	–	140	–	7	147
Others	1	–	1	–	1^[e]	–	–	–	3	–	–	3
Starts	30	41	22	12	1	9	28	–	143	–	7	150

a. ¹ Classification is made according to FIS classification.

b. ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Includes individual and mass start races.

c. ¹ Includes pursuit and double pursuit races.

d. ¹ May be incomplete due to lack of appropriate sources prior to 2001.

e. ¹ Did not finish the race (DNF).

Note: Until 1999 World Championships and 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall record.

Olympic results

5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km individual	10 km individual	2x5 km pursuit	15 km individual	15 km pursuit	15 km mass start	30 km individual	Sprint	4x5 km relay
1994	21	–	N/A	N/A	20	–	N/A	–	N/A	–
1998	25	3	N/A	N/A	6	9	N/A	46	N/A	2
2002	29	N/A	1	6	N/A	N/A	–	3	–	2

World Championship results

7 medals – (5 gold, 2 silver)

Year	Age	5 km individual	10 km individual	2x5 km pursuit	15 km individual	15 km pursuit	15 km mass start	30 km individual	Sprint	4x5 km relay
1995	22	–	N/A	N/A	13	N/A	N/A	–	N/A	–
1997	24	8	N/A	N/A	–	17	N/A	8	N/A	2
1999	26	1	N/A	N/A	–	8	N/A	–	N/A	4
2001	28	N/A	1	5	1	N/A	N/A	CNX^[a]	15	2
2003	30	N/A	1	DNS	N/A	N/A	1	–	–	–

a. ¹ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

References

Bente Skari Martinsen at the International Ski Federation
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 February 12, 2008 article on Skari's role in the championships. - accessed March 12, 2008.
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

Notes

↑ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Bente Skari Martinsen". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

Olympic champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

World champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1966: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1970: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1974: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1978: Helena Takalo (FIN) 1982: Berit Aunli (NOR) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR) 1987: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) 1991: Trude Dybendahl (NOR) 1993: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1999: Bente Martinsen (NOR)

World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1954: Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
1958: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)
1970: Alevtina Olyunina (URS)
1974: Galina Kulakova (URS)
1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS)
1982: Berit Aunli (NOR)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987: Anne Jahren (NOR)
1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe (URS)
1991: Yelena Välbe (URS)
2001: Bente Skari (NOR)
2003: Bente Skari (NOR)
2005: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2007: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2011: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2013: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2015: Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2017: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

World champions in women's 15 km cross-country skiing
1989: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) 1991: Yelena Välbe (URS) 1993: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1999: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 2001: Bente Skari (NOR) 2003: Bente Skari (NOR)

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)
2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR)

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