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Born January 14, 1971 (age 54) • Oslo • Norway
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games • World Cup (1999) • World Cup (1996)
Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
Carlo Janka
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Vreni Schneider
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Bode Miller competing in the supergiant slalom at the 2005 world championships in Bormio, Italy.
Bode Miller
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Picabo Street
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Jean-Claude Killy
French skier
Hanni Wenzel
Liechtensteiner skier
Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
Yelena Vyalbe
Russian skier
Lyubov Yegorova
Russian skier
Aksel Lund Svindal
Norwegian skier
Bjørn Daehlie
Bjørn Daehlie
Norwegian skier
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier
Henri Oreiller
French skier and race-car driver
Marielle Goitschel
French skier
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
American skier
Hermann Maier, 2008.
Hermann Maier
Austrian skier
Pärson, Anja
Anja Pärson
Swedish skier
Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba
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Rosi Mittermaier
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