Kine Beate Bjørnås

Kine Beate Bjørnås
Country Norway
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 44)
Levanger, Norway
Ski clubIL Varden
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (2000–2002, 2004–2008)
Indiv. starts70
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts11
Team podiums3
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (27th in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km skiathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme 15 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 4 × 5 km relay
Updated on 26 May 2019.

Kine Beate Bjørnås (born 12 May 1980) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won gold at the 2005 Norwegian Skiing Championships [no].

Personal life

Bjørnås is from Meråker Municipality.[1] As a youngster, Bjørnås travelled to Sør-Trøndelag for skiing, as there were too few competitive skiers in Nord-Trøndelag.[2] There she became friends with Marit Bjørgen.[2] She has a bachelor's degree in sports.[3]

Career

Bjørnås joined the Norwegian junior team for the 2001–02 skiing season. Her best result that season was second in the 5 km classical event in Dombås.[4] As a junior, she was described as "one of the most promising Norwegian skiers".[5] She was promoted to the senior team for the 2003 season, but missed the entire season due to a cruciate ligament injury.[2][4] In the 2003–04 season, her best result was second in the 10 km classical event in Bardufoss.[4]

During the 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Bjørnås and fellow Norwegians Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, and Marit Bjørgen won the 4x5km relay race in Gällivare, Sweden.[1][6] In the same season, the same four came third in the 4 × 5 km relay in Val di Fiemme, Italy.[7] Bjørnås, Pedersen, Kristin Mürer Stemland, and Bjørgen also came second in the 4 × 5 km relay in Falun, Sweden.[8] In 2005, she won the 30 km classical event at the Norwegian Skiing Championships [no].[1] She came 27th in the Women's sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005.[9] Her best individual result at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup was seventh place in the 2006 15 km double staggered start race in Sapporo, Japan.[10]

Bjørnås retired from the sport in 2008, choosing to become a skiing coach in Nord-Trøndelag.[1][3] She has coached double Olympic champion Petter Northug.[11] The Kinetest, a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in Meråker, is named after Bjørnås; the men's trail is slightly longer and is called the Frodetest after Frode Estil.[12]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[13]

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2005 24 25 — 30 27 — —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
2000 19 NC — NC — NC — —
2001 20 83 — — — NC — —
2002 21 65 — — — 57 — —
2004 23 39 30 — — 31 — —
2005 24 27 19 — — 38 — —
2006 25 51 35 — — NC — —
2007 26 57 NC — — NC 17 —
2008 27 NC NC — — — — —

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2004–05 24 November 2004 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
2 12 December 2004 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Skofterud / Pedersen / Bjørgen
3 20 March 2005 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Stemland / Bjørgen

References

  1. ^ a b c d Stilson, Tina (16 September 2008). "Etter mye motgang og manglende motivasjon er det slutt for Kine Beate Bjørnås". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Kine vil bli like god som venninna". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 23 December 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "BJØRNÅS GIKK LEI OG LA OPP". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Kine Beate Bjørnås". NRK (in Norwegian). 20 November 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Hun vet hva som kreves". Bladsporten.no (in Norwegian). 30 September 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Gällivare". SkiSport365.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Val di Fiemme". SkiSport365.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Falun". SkiSport365.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. ^ "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005: Oberstdorf Allgäu / GER: Cross Country Women 0.9 km Sprint C: Results – Qualification" (PDF) (pdf). International Ski Federation. 22 February 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Kine Beate Bjørnås". NRK (in Norwegian). 9 November 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Petter var så nedkjørt at Kine Beate gikk fra ham på rulleski". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Grovatesten: Astrid Stav raskest i Kinetesten". Langrenn.com (in Norwegian). 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  13. ^ "BJOERNAAS Kine Beate". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.