Petrine Olgeirsdottir
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994
Sport
Country Norway
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Norway
Winter Deaflympics
Silver medal – second placeKhanty-Mansiyst 2015 slopestyle

Petrine Olgeirsdottir (born 13 April 1994) is a Norwegian deaf snowboarder.[1][2]

She competed at the 2015 Winter Deaflympics and bagged a silver medal in the women's slopestyle event.[3] She was just one of three participants to have represented Norway during the 2015 Winter Deaflympics and was the only medalist for Norway.[4] Petrine also became the first Norwegian to win a medal in Winter Deaflympics since Norway's return to Winter Games since 2003.[5] Prior to her achievement, retired veteran cross country skier Tone Tangen Myrvoll was the last Norwegian to claim a Winter Deaflympic medal.

References

  1. "Petrine OLGEIRSDOTTIR". Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "Olgeirsdottir Petrine - XVIII Сурдлимпийские зимние игры". Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "Виды спорта Snowboarding. Women. Slopestyle, finals - XVIII Сурдлимпийские зимние игры". Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. "Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 - NOR". Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. "Deaflympics-sølv til Olgeirsdottir". www.olympiatoppen.no. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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