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Marit Bjørgen

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Marit Bjørgen is a legendary cross-country skier from Norway.

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She is known for her incredible skill on the snow. Bjørgen holds the record for the most individual World Cup victories. She has won 114 of these races. This makes her the top-ranked skier in all-time history. She is also the best sprinter in World Cup history. A sprint is a very short and fast race. She won 29 of those fast races. People admire her because she can win both short and long races.

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Skiing involves different ways to race. Bjørgen first became great at short sprints. In the 2003–04 season, she won seven sprint races. Later, she became an expert at distance skiing too. This means she could ski for a very long time. In the 2004–05 season, she won many different titles. She even won the overall title in 2005–06. This means she was the best skier across all types of races. She won the sprint title four times in a row. This shows how much she practiced her speed.

Her career has lasted for many years. She started competing in the World Cup in the year 2000. Back then, she finished in 53rd place overall. She worked hard to move up the rankings each year. By the 2005–06 season, she was winning many first-place finishes. She won six first-place spots in just one season. She also won the sprint title that year. Bjørgen competed in five different Winter Olympics. Her journey shows how much a person can grow through sport.

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Bjørgen has won many famous medals. She has a total of 15 Olympic medals. This is a record for the Winter Olympics. Most of these were gold medals. At the 2010 Vancouver Games, she won three gold medals. She also won a silver in the 30 km event. In 2014, she won three more golds in Sochi. She won in the skiathlon and the team sprint. She also won the 30 km freestyle race. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, she won five more medals. This helped her become the most decorated Winter Olympian ever.

She also did very well at the World Championships. Bjørgen won 18 gold medals at these games. Twelve of those were won by herself in individual races. She won her first gold in 2003 in Val di Fiemme. In 2011, she won many medals in Holmenkollen, Norway. She even won the Holmenkollen medal for her great success. Bjørgen retired from cross-country skiing in 2018. Later, she tried long-distance racing with Team Ragde Eiendom. She finally finished her whole career in 2022. Her many wins make her a true star of the snow.

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