Anette Sagen
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Anette Sagen
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| Full name | Anette Sagen | ||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1985 Mosjøen, Utah, Norway |
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Club | Helfjell UL Skigruppe | ||||||||||||
| Skis | Fischer | ||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2012– | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Additional podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Anette Sagen (born 10 January 1985 in Mosjøen) is a Norwegian ski jumper from Mosjøen, and one of the best female jumpers of all time. She received a lot of media attention in 2004, when she was denied the opportunity to jump K185 in Vikersund, in spite of her good results. The struggle was over whether the quality of female ski jumpers was high enough to allow women to jump in these venues. Torbjørn Yggeseth, the chairman of the ski jump committee of the International Ski Federation, was Sagen’s main opponent. The debate soon developed into a struggle over women’s rights in the world of sports.
Competing since 2003, Sagen won the women's ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2004 and 2005, the last two years the event was held. She also has forty additional victories as of 2009.
On 20 February 2009 Sagen won the bronze medal in the first ever World Championship ski jumping competition for women.[1]
After a plebiscite and the decision by the city council in Oslo, Sagen received the honour of being the second ski jumper in the new Holmenkollen.
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Honors
Continental Cup
- Ski jumping Continental Cup champion: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/2009.
- 42 single wins
FIS Nordic World Ski Championship
FIS Ladies Grand Prix
- FIS Ladies Grand Prix: champion: 2003, 2004, 2006 og 2008
References
- ^ a b "Bronze for Norway in historic ski jumping event". The Norway Post. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/21665/1/. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
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