Hedda Berntsen
 From left to right: Hedda Berntsen, Ashleigh McIvor, Marion Josserand |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's freestyle skiing | ||
| Representing Norway | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Vancouver | Ski cross |
| X Games | ||
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2008 Aspen | Ski cross |
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2012 Aspen | Ski cross |
| Women's telemark skiing | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Meiringen | Classic |
| Women's alpine skiing | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2001 St. Anton | Slalom skiing |
Hedda Berntsen (born 24 April 1976) is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is world champion in Telemark classic from 1997. She later concentrated on the alpine slalom, her career peaking in the 2000–01 season with consistent performances in the World Cup as well as a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. She later switched to skicross, receiving a silver medal at the 2008 Winter X Games. In the Vancouver Winter Olympics on 23 February 2010 she won the silver medal in the women's skicross competition.
Hedda Berntsen hails from Filtvet, and is the older sister of freestyle skier Ingrid Berntsen. She studied at Middlebury College from 1995 to 1999. Her first international sporting triumph was the gold medal in the classic telemark event at the 1997 World Championships.
In alpine skiing she had made her international debut in December 1995, when competing in a FIS Race in Bjorli. Her World Cup debut came many years later, in February 2000, when she finished 23rd in slalom in Santa Caterina. She followed up with an eleventh place in Åre a week later. She then opened the 2000–01 season with another 11th place, from Park City in November. In December and January she finished among the top 10 in all her World Cup slalom races, the best result being a fifth place from Flachau. Then, at the 2001 World Championships staged in St. Anton, she won a surprising bronze medal. She rounded off the season with two World Cup fifth places.
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