Britta Johansson Norgren

Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren (born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. Her best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is 26th in the individual sprint at Sapporo in 2007.

Britta Johansson Norgren
Britta Johansson Norgren in March 2011
Country Sweden
Full nameBritta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren
Born (1983-03-30) 30 March 1983 (age 41)
Bälinge, Sweden
Ski clubSollefteå Skidor IF
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (20032011, 20132014)
Starts113
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (30th in 2009)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liberec 4 × 5 km relay

Johansson Norgren's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 11th in the 10 km event at Turin in 2006.

She has a total of eight individual victories at various levels up to 30 km since 2002. Johansson Norgren's best individual World Cup finish was eighth in the sprint event in Germany in 2006.

On 31 January 2016 she won the women's edition of the Marcialonga ski marathon race in Italy.[1]

She won the Tjejvasan in 2016,[2] On 25 February 2017, she once again won Tjejvasan.[3] She also won Tjejvasan in 2019.[4][5] and the ski marathon Vasaloppet in 2017 and 2019.[6][7] In February 2020, she won Tjejvasan once again.[8] On 26 February 2022, she again won the same race.[9]

On 8 April 2022, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.[10]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[11]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2006 22 11 15 28 4
2010 26 29 52 13
2014 30 38 14

World Championships

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  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2007 23 27 32 26 4 4
2009 25 DNF 38 Bronze
2011 27 31 Silver

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2003 20 102 67
2004 21 NC NC NC
2005 22 NC NC
2006 23 35 36 23
2007 24 38 80 22 41
2008 25 96 NC 73
2009 26 30 35 16 DNF
2010 27 50 44 42 26 36
2011 28 32 31 24 29 17 30
2013 30 61 NC 32
2014 31 36 44 26 11

Team podiums

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  • 2 victories – (1 RL, 1 TS)
  • 8 podiums – (5 RL, 3 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 2005–06 18 March 2006   Sapporo, Japan 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Strömstedt
2 2006–07 29 October 2006   Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Andersson
3 17 December 2006   La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Andersson / Lindborg / Kalla
4 4 February 2007     Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Andersson / Strömstedt / Kalla
5 25 March 2007   Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Dahlberg / Rydqvist / Kalla
6 2007–08 28 October 2007   Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Kalla
7 2008–09 23 November 2008   Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hansson / Haag / Kalla
8 2010–11 21 November 2010   Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Haag / Rydqvist / Kalla

References

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  1. ^ Johan Häll (31 January 2016). "Tredje raka segern för Britta Johansson Norgren" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ Olle Liljeblad (27 February 2016). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan 2016" (in Swedish). Dalarnas tidningar. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ Isabell Gradin (25 February 2017). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Johansson Norgren spurtade hem Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Britta Johansson Norgren spurtade hem Tjejvasan". Expressen (in Swedish). 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ Julin, Albin (5 March 2017). "Johansson Norgren i mål som segrare 2017". www.expressen.se. Expressen. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Johansson Norgren vann Vasaloppet". Dagens Nyheter. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. ^ Petter Öhrling, Marie Lehmann (22 February 2020). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan igen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ Simon Norberg, Marie Lehmann (26 February 2022). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan på rekordtid" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  10. ^ Maja Albertsson (8 April 2022). "Britta Johansson Norgren avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. ^ "NORGREN Britta". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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