Kine Beate Bjørnås | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Levanger, Norway | 12 May 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | IL Varden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 8 – ( 2000– 2002, 2004– 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 26 May 2019. |
Kine Beate Bjørnås (born 12 May 1980) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won gold at the 2005 Norwegian Skiing Championships .
Bjørnås is from Meråker. [1] As a youngster, Bjørnås travelled to Sør-Trøndelag for skiing, as there were too few competitive skiers in Nord-Trøndelag. [2] There she became friends with Marit Bjørgen. [2] She has a bachelor's degree in sports. [3]
Bjørnås joined the Norwegian junior team for the 2001–02 skiing season. Her best result that season was second in the 5 km classical event in Dombås. [4] As a junior, she was described as "one of the most promising Norwegian skiers". [5] She was promoted to the senior team for the 2003 season, but missed the entire season due to a cruciate ligament injury. [2] [4] In the 2003–04 season, her best result was second in the 10 km classical event in Bardufoss. [4]
During the 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Bjørnås and fellow Norwegians Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, and Marit Bjørgen won the 4x5km relay race in Gällivare, Sweden. [1] [6] In the same season, the same four came third in the 4 × 5 km relay in Val di Fiemme, Italy. [7] Bjørnås, Pedersen, Kristin Mürer Stemland, and Bjørgen also came second in the 4 × 5km relay in Falun, Sweden. [8] In 2005, she won the 30 km classical event at the Norwegian Skiing Championships . [1] She came 27th in the Women's sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005. [9] Her best individual result at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup was seventh place in the 2006 15 km double staggered start race in Sapporo, Japan. [10]
Bjørnås retired from the sport in 2008, choosing to become a skiing coach in Nord-Trøndelag. [1] [3] She has coached double Olympic champion Petter Northug. [11] The Kinetest, a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in Meråker, is named after Bjørnås; the men's trail is slightly longer and is called the Frodetest after Frode Estil. [12]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [13]
Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2005 | 24 | 25 | — | 30 | 27 | — | — |
Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | |||
2000 | 19 | NC | — | NC | — | NC | — | — | |
2001 | 20 | 83 | — | — | — | NC | — | — | |
2002 | 21 | 65 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | |
2004 | 23 | 39 | 30 | — | — | 31 | — | — | |
2005 | 24 | 27 | 19 | — | — | 38 | — | — | |
2006 | 25 | 51 | 35 | — | — | NC | — | — | |
2007 | 26 | 57 | NC | — | — | NC | 17 | — | |
2008 | 27 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 2004–05 | 24 November 2004 | Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen |
2 | 12 December 2004 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen | |
3 | 20 March 2005 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Pedersen / Stemland / Bjørgen |