Kristin Størmer Steira
Norwegian cross-country skier
Kristin Størmer Steira Kristin Størmer Steira in Poland, 2012
Country Norway Full name Kristin Størmer Steira Born (1981-04-30 ) 30 April 1981 (age 43) Mo i Rana , NorwayHeight 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] Spouse(s) Devon Kershaw Ski club IL Forsøk Seasons 14 – (2002 –2015 ) Starts 181 Podiums 22 Wins 6 Overall titles 0 – (6th in 2010 , 2013 ) Discipline titles 0
Kristin Størmer Steira (born 30 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier . She competed from 2002 to 2015, and won six individual World Cup victories and five individual medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and Winter Olympic Games . She also won four gold medals with the Norway relay team. In Norwegian media, Steira was dubbed "the eternal fourth" due to her many finishes in fourth place.[2]
Career
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , she has seven medals with two gold (4 × 5 km relay: 2005 , 2011 ), two silvers (7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2009 , 30 km: 2007 ), and three bronzes (7.5 km + 7,5 km double pursuit: 2005, 2007; 4 × 5 km relay: 2007).
Steira finished fourth in three individual events (10 km, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, 30 km) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . She has four individual career victories at various levels from 2002 to 2006. In 2009 Steira extended her interests to track athletics and announced her ambition to compete in the 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships after achieving a time of 16.02 in Norway. She never did.
In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she came eighth in the 10 km pursuit .[3] More agonisingly, she achieved her fourth fourth-place Olympic finish in the 15 km pursuit , losing out on a medal by 0.1 seconds in a photo finish with Justyna Kowalczyk .[4] This, along with her many fourth places previously, led to Norwegian media jokingly labelling her as "the eternal fourth". On 25 February 2010 Steira became an Olympic champion in the 4 × 5 km relay, racing in the third leg after Vibeke Skofterud and Therese Johaug and before Marit Bjørgen .
She qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she became 23rd in 15 kilometre skiathlon . In the last event, 30 km mass start freestyle , she finally won the bronze, her only individual medal of the Winter Olympics.
On 20 April 2015, Steira announced her retirement from professional skiing.[5]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[6]
Olympic Games
2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
World Championships
8 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Discipline standings
Ski Tour standings
Overall
Distance
Sprint
Nordic Opening
Tour de Ski
World Cup Final
2002
20
NC
—
—
—
—
—
2003
21
42
—
NC
—
—
—
2004
22
27
20
—
—
—
—
2005
23
12
9
—
—
—
—
2006
24
22
12
—
—
—
—
2007
25
14
12
NC
—
7
—
2008
26
16
12
NC
—
11
15
2009
27
9
4
53
—
9
4
2010
28
6
49
—
5
4
2011
29
28
19
NC
—
—
8
2012
30
14
9
NC
10
DNF
6
2013
31
6
45
8
25
2014
32
19
11
NC
14
DNF
9
2015
33
53
33
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—
—
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Individual podiums
6 victories – (3 SWC , 3 SWC )
22 podiums – (10 WC , 12 SWC )
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
2004–05
28 January 2007
Ramsau , Austria
15 km Mass Start F
World Cup
2nd
2
22 January 2005
Pragelato , Italy
7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/F
World Cup
1st
3
2005–06
19 March 2006
Sapporo , Japan
7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/F
World Cup
2nd
4
2006–07
2 January 2007
Oberstdorf , Germany
5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F
Stage World Cup
1st
5
3 January 2007
10 km Individual C
Stage World Cup
2nd
6
3 January 2007
Cavalese , Italy
10 km Individual F
Stage World Cup
2nd
7
2007–08
8 December 2007
Davos , Switzerland
10 km Individual C
World Cup
3rd
8
1 January 2008
Nové Město , Czech Republic
10 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
2nd
9
6 January 2008
Val di Fiemme , Italy
9 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
2nd
10
2008–09
6 December 2008
La Clusaz , France
15 km Mass Start F
World Cup
1st
11
4 January 2009
Val di Fiemme , Italy
9 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
2nd
12
22 March 2009
Falun , Sweden
10 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
1st
13
2009–10
2 January 2010
Oberhof , Germany
10 km Pursuit C
Stage World Cup
3rd
14
10 January 2010
Val di Fiemme , Italy
9 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
1st
15
13 March 2010
Oslo , Norway
30 km Mass Start F
World Cup
2nd
16
20 March 2010
Falun , Sweden
5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F
Stage World Cup
2nd
17
21 March 2010
10 km Pursuit F
Stage World Cup
2nd
18
2010–11
18 December 2010
La Clusaz , France
15 km Mass Start F
World Cup
3rd
19
2012–13
5 January 2013
Val di Fiemme , Italy
10 km Mass Start C
Stage World Cup
2nd
20
29 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
Tour de Ski
Overall Standings
World Cup
3rd
21
2 February 2013
Sochi , Russia
7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F
World Cup
1st
22
17 February 2013
Davos , Switzerland
10 km Individual F
World Cup
3rd
Team podiums
13 victories – (13 RL )
18 podiums – (18 RL )
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
Teammates
1
2002–03
19 January 2003
Nové Město , Czech Republic
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Moen / Bjørgen / Pedersen
2
23 March 2003
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Moen / Pedersen / Skari
3
2003–04
23 November 2003
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
4
11 January 2004
Otepää , Estonia
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
5
22 February 2004
Umeå , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Bjørgen / Pedersen
6
2006–07
19 November 2006
Gällivare , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
7
4 February 2007
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Jacobsen / Skofterud / Bjørgen
8
2007–08
9 December 2007
Davos , Switzerland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Stemland / Johaug / Skofterud
9
24 February 2008
Falun , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Tyldum / Jacobsen / Bjørgen
10
2008–09
23 November 2008
Gällivare , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Bjørgen / Johaug / Kristoffersen
11
7 December 2008
La Clusaz , France
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
3rd
Stemland / Johaug / Nilsen
12
2009–10
22 November 2009
Beitostølen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
2nd
Skofterud / Johaug / Bjørgen
13
7 March 2010
Lahti , Finland
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Kristoffersen / Johaug / Bjørgen
14
2010–11
21 November 2010
Gällivare , Sweden
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Johaug / Bjørgen
15
19 December 2010
La Clusaz , France
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Johaug / Bjørgen
16
2011–12
21 November 2011
Sjusjøen , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Skofterud / Johaug / Bjørgen
17
2012–13
20 January 2013
La Clusaz , France
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Weng / Johaug / Bjørgen
18
2013–14
8 December 2013
Lillehammer , Norway
4 × 5 km Relay C/F
World Cup
1st
Weng / Johaug / Bjørgen
Personal life
Steira lives in Drøbak , near Oslo, in Norway. She married Canadian skier Devon Kershaw , her boyfriend since December 2012, on 25 July 2015.[7]
References
External links
3 × 5 km
1956 : Sirkka Polkunen , Mirja Hietamies , Siiri Rantanen (FIN )
1960 : Irma Johansson , Britt Strandberg , Sonja Edström-Ruthström (SWE )
1964 : Alevtina Kolchina , Yevdokiya Mekshilo , Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS )
1968 : Inger Aufles , Babben Enger-Damon , Berit Mørdre (NOR )
1972 : Lyubov Mukhachyova , Alevtina Olyunina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
4 × 5 km
1976 : Nina Baldycheva , Zinaida Amosova , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova (URS )
1980 : Marlies Rostock , Carola Anding , Veronika Hesse , Barbara Petzold (GDR )
1984 : Inger Helene Nybråten , Anne Jahren , Brit Pettersen , Berit Aunli (NOR )
1988 : Svetlana Nageykina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Tamara Tikhonova , Anfisa Reztsova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Välbe , Raisa Smetanina , Larisa Lazutina , Lyubov Yegorova (EUN )
1994 : Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova (RUS )
1998 : Nina Gavrylyuk , Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina (RUS )
2002 : Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher (GER )
2006 : Natalya Baranova-Masalkina , Larisa Kurkina , Yuliya Chepalova , Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS )
2010 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2014 : Ida Ingemarsdotter , Emma Wikén , Anna Haag , Charlotte Kalla (SWE )
2018 : Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Ragnhild Haga , Marit Bjørgen (NOR )
2022 : Yuliya Stupak , Natalya Nepryayeva , Tatiana Sorina , Veronika Stepanova (ROC )
3 × 5 km
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva , Margarita Maslennikova , Valentina Tsaryova ,
1958: Radya Yeroshina , Alevtina Kolchina , Lyubov Kozyreva
1962: Lyubov Baranova , Maria Gusakova , Alevtina Kolchina
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh , Rita Achkina , Alevtina Kolchina
1970: Nina Baldycheva , Galina Kulakova , Alevtina Olyunina
4 × 5 km
1974: Nina Baldycheva , Nina Selyunina , Raisa Smetanina , Galina Kulakova
1978: Taina Impiö , Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen , Hilkka Riihivuori , Helena Takalo
1982: Anette Bøe , Inger Helene Nybråten , Berit Aunli , Brit Pettersen
1985: Tamara Tikhonova , Raisa Smetanina , Liliya Vasilchenko , Anfisa Romanova
1987: Antonina Ordina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Larisa Ptistyna , Anfisa Reztsova
1989: Pirkko Määttä , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Jaana Savolainen , Marjo Matikainen
1991: Lyubov Yegorova , Raisa Smetanina , Tamara Tikhonova , Yelena Välbe
1993: Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Lyubov Yegorova
1995: Olga Danilova , Yelena Välbe , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk
1997: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Nina Gavrylyuk , Yelena Välbe
1999: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Anfisa Reztsova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2001: Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , Yuliya Chepalova , Nina Gavrylyuk
2003: Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachenbacher
2005: Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2007: Virpi Kuitunen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Pirjo Manninen
2009 : Pirjo Muranen , Virpi Kuitunen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011 : Vibeke Skofterud , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2013 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira , Marit Bjørgen
2015 : Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2017 : Maiken Caspersen Falla , Heidi Weng , Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen , Marit Bjørgen
2019 : Ebba Andersson , Frida Karlsson , Charlotte Kalla , Stina Nilsson
2021 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Heidi Weng , Therese Johaug , Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023 : Tiril Udnes Weng , Astrid Øyre Slind , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg , Anne Kjersti Kalvå