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Bjarne Solbakken
Personal information
Born	18 May 1977 (age 47); Stranda, Norway
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	Stranda IL
Achievements and titles
National finals	3 victories (2000, 2001, 2004)

Bjarne Solbakken (born 18 May 1977) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from Stranda. He won three national titles in giant slalom, and competed at the Olympics, World Championships and the World Cup.

Skiing Career

Olympics

Solbakken participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he finished fifth in super-G, sixth in giant slalom and twelfth in downhill.^[2] At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin he competed in downhill, super-G and giant slalom, with a twentieth place in giant slalom as best result.^[2]

World championships

At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 he competed in super-G, downhill and giant slalom.^{[citation needed]}

World Cup

He participated in the Alpine skiing World Cup in 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. His best result was at the 2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup, when he finished fourth overall in super-G, with one victory, in Beaver Creek, and one second place at Kvitfjell. He left in the summer of 2008 to pursue studies.^[3]

National titles

Solbakken won three national titles in giant slalom, in 2000, 2001, and 2004.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bjarne Solbakken". olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Bjarne Solbakken – Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
^ "Bjarne Solbakken legger opp". vg.no (in Norwegian). 26 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "alpint - norgesmestere". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 July 2024.