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Born | Bergen | 16 November 1972
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Class(es) | Snipe, Yngling, Europe |
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Karianne Eikeland (born 16 November 1972) is a world champion and Olympic Norwegian sailor. She was born in Bergen, and has sailed for the Bergens Seilforening, the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club, and Asker Seilforening.
She won the Women's World Championship in the Snipe class in 2000. [1]
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed ninth in the Yngling class, together with Beate Kristiansen and Lise Birgitte Fredriksen. [2]
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Christine Guldbrandsen is a singer who is best known internationally for being the Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. She has released three albums in Scandinavia: Surfing in the Air, Moments, and Christine. A new album, Colors, was released on 8 April 2011. She sings mainly in Norwegian, Danish and English.
Liv Kjersti Bergman is a former Norwegian biathlete. She debuted in the World Cup in 1999 in Oberhof. Her best position so far is a second on the 15 km from Östersund in 2006. She participated in the World Championship 2005 in Hochfilzen where she achieved a 16th place in the 15 km and was a part of the Norwegian team who came in fifth.
Marit Breivik is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999, and four European Women's Handball Championships, in 1998 (Netherlands), 2004 (Hungary), 2006 (Sweden) and 2008 (Macedonia).
Events in the year 1972 in Norway.
Events in the year 2003 in Norway.
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Karianne Bråthen is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as a deputy member of the Storting from Nordland since 2021. She previously served as mayor of Øksnes from 2015 to 2019.