Silje Opseth
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| Silje Opseth | |||||||||||||||
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 Opseth in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1999 Buskerud, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | IL Holeværingen | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 230.5 m (756 ft)  Vikersund, 17 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Starts | 140 | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 21 March 2024. | |||||||||||||||
Silje Opseth (born 28 April 1999) is a Norwegian ski jumper, who represents the club Holeværingen IL.
Personal life
[edit]Opseth was born in Hønefoss on 28 April 1999.[1]
Career
[edit]Opseth made her world cup debut in 2015, only 16 years old.[1]
She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.[2] Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, she placed 16th in the women's normal hill individual.[3]
She won her first world cup victory in Holmenkollen in March 2022.[1]
World Cup
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Season | Overall | ST | AK | L3 | RA | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 40 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2016/17 | 51 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017/18 | 20 | N/A | N/A | 19 | N/A | N/A |
| 2018/19 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A |  |
N/A |
| 2020/21 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 12 | 6 | N/A | 6 | N/A |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 4 | N/A |
| 2023/24 | 11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | N/A |
Individual wins
[edit]| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021/22 | 5 March 2022 |  Oslo |
Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH |
| 2 | 2022/23 | 5 November 2022 |  Wisla |
Malinka HS134 | LH |
| 3 | 4 December 2022 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH | |
| 4 | 8 January 2023 |  Sapporo |
Ōkurayama HS137 | LH | |
| 5 | 13 March 2023 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH | |
| 6 | 2023/24 | 4 February 2024 |  Willingen |
Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 | LH |
| 7 | 9 March 2024 | Oslo |
Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH |
silje opseth fell at the world record on 17/03/2024 in training and then in the final series she jumped at 230.5m, which is a world record.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sundby, Jørn. "Silje Opseth". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Silje (17) rett på hotell for lekselesing" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Silje Opseth". olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Silje Opseth at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Silje Opseth at Olympics.com
- Silje Opseth at Olympedia
- Silje Opseth at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Norwegian female ski jumpers
- Skiers from Buskerud
- Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- 21st-century Norwegian women
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Norwegian ski jumping biography stubs