Helena Olsson Smeby

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Helena Olsson Smeby
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Smeby in Hinterzarten, 2013
Born (1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 (age 41)
Sysslebäck, Sweden
Ski club Sysslebäcks IF, Byåsen IL/Trønderhopp
Personal best174.5 m (573 ft)
Vikersund, Mar 2004

Helena Olsson Smeby (born 15 November 1983) is a Norwegian ski jumper.

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Biography

Smeby was born in Torsby, Sweden, and lives in Trondheim, Norway, where she represents the club Byåsen IL. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, where she placed sixteenth in the women's individual normal hill [1] She competes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the ladies normal hill. [2]

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References

  1. Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 91. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. "Helena Olsson Smeby". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.