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Kristin Størmer Steira

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]

Kristin Størmer Steira
Kristin Størmer Steira in Poland, 2012
Country Norway
Full nameKristin Størmer Steira
Born (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43)
Mo i Rana, Norway
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Spouse(s)Devon Kershaw
Ski clubIL Forsøk
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2002–2015)
Indiv. starts181
Indiv. podiums22
Indiv. wins6
Team starts27
Team podiums18
Team wins13
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2010, 2013)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 30 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2011 Oslo 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo 30 km classical
Silver medal – second place 2009 Liberec 15 km skiathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf 15 km skiathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo 15 km skiathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo 4 × 5 km relay
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Valdidentro 15 km classical
Silver medal – second place 2003 Valdidentro 10 km double pursuit

Career

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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

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[6]

Olympic Games

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  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2006 24 4 4 4 — 5 —
2010 28 8 4 8 — Gold —
2014 32 — 22 Bronze — — —

World Championships

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  • 8 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2003 21 — — 28 25 — — —
2005 23 9 — Bronze — — Gold —
2007 25 4 — Bronze Silver — Bronze —
2009 27 6 — Silver 5 — 4 —
2011 29 10 — 9 5 — Gold —
2013 31 9 — 4 9 — Gold —

World Cup

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Season standings

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 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 — — — —

Individual podiums

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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

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  1. ^ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 49.
  2. ^ "Steira gir seg som langrennsløper". 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Ladies' 10 km Free - Individual : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Steira gir seg som langrennsløper". 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ "STEIRA Kristin Stoermer". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ^ VG.no (Norwegian)
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