Athletes

Club: Ready Idrettsforeningen
Born: 01.05.2001 - Oslo
Residence: Oslo
Height: 183 cm
Occupation: Athlete / Student
Hobbies: Studying and Netflix
Favourite music: Pop music
Favourite film/series: Billions
Favourite food: Indian or Mexican cuisine
Greatest sport moment: Probably Karsten Warholm’s first world record on 400m hurdles
Follow online/connect: Instagram: Marcus_gn
What made you go all in on your sport? I have been skiing for as long as I can remember, starting competitively when I was 15. I went all in when I realized the opportunities and how rewarding and fun it was.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? Having the world championships at home, competing with my family watching. And what a great event it was!

Club: Plogen Skiklubb
Born: 23.08.1999 - Bergen
Residence: Oslo
Height: 175 cm
Occupation: Athlete/Student
Hobbies: Netflix and studying
Favourite music: Pop / Imagine Dragons / Sigrid / Bad Liar & Don’t kill my vibe
Favourite film/series: Afterlife
Favourite food: Sushi & Tacos
Greatest sport moment: Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud 1. And 2. In the 2018 Olympic downhill.
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @jesper.s.p
What made you go all in on your sport? Alpine skiing has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember, and for me it came kind of naturally to want to see how good I could get.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? My greatest moment as an athlete is probably winning my first Paralympic gold medal in giant slalom in 2018. It was an amazing feeling to be able to take home the gold with my family in the crowds. Tightly followed by the 2022 world championship in Hafjell where I grabbed 3 gold medals.

Club: Tingvoll IL
Born: 16.07.1983 - Kristiansund
Residence: Tingvoll
Height: 179 cm
Occupation: Athlete
Hobbies: Skiing and biking
Favourite music: Kaleo, Metallica, Oasis…
Favourite film/series: Ali
Favourite food: Ali
Greatest sport moment: Gold individual Vancouver 2010
Follow online/connect: Instagram @neulset
What made you go all in on your sport? Biathlon kind of run in my family, so my older brother got me in to it and training with him brought us close together. After he retired he joined our support team helping me reach my goals.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? Winning the gold medal in the individual event at the Vancouver games in 2010. After an amazing season in 2009 I struggled a lot in 2010, so reaching my goal and winning the last races in the games for me was a great moment for me.

Club: Stavanger curling club
Born: 17.06.1969, Bryne
Residence: Bryne
Height: 167 cm
Occupation: Athlete / psychiatric nurse
Hobbies: Crosswords, reading and frends/family
Favourite music: I like almost all types of music
Favourite food: Cuisine / Country / Taste
Greatest sport moment: 1st place world championship wheelchair curling 2017, 2nd place Paralympic games wheelchair curling 2018
What made you go all in on your sport? Curling is a sport for everybody. It’s both technical and tactical challenging, and a team effort.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? To win medals with my team

Club: Trondheim Curlingclub
Born: 09.12.1973 - Trondheim
Residence: Trondheim
Height: 178 cm
Occupation: Peer Mentor in Rehabilitation Medicine.
Hobbies: Fishing, Motorbike with Sidecar, Playing Pokemon Go withy son.
Favourite music: Ghost, Sabaton, Rammstein etc.
Greatest sport moment: our own gold in World wheelchair curling championships in 2007 and 2008.
Follow online/connect: @flickgeir
What made you go all in on your sport?
From the very slow start in October 2003, to competing in the WC in 2004, and up until the moment at the banquet after the WC in 2005, where Kate Cateness decleared that Norway had earned the last spot to the Paralympics in Torino 2006…. at that moment I was all in!
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? First the feeling when we won the first gold in 2007 in Sweden, and second when we did it again the year after i Switzerland 2008. The first team to make it two years in a row. And not to forget winning Gold Medal in Parahockey with Team Norway in 2004.

Club: Halden Curling Club
Born: 20.05.1966 - Sarpsborg
Residence: Place
Height: 172 cm
Occupation: Business
Hobbies: Music, film
Favourite music: Prog.rock. Pink Floyd/Jethro Tull/David Bowie/Beatles
Favourite film/series: The lord of the rings
Favourite food: steak, salmon
Greatest sport moment: Silver PL 2018
What made you go all in on your sport? Invitation to try curling in 2004 in Halden.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? Playing for gold in Paralympics 2018

Club: Trondheim Curling Klubb
Born: 16.08.1998 - Verdal
Residence: Verdal
Height: 156 cm
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Music, curling, art and theatre
Favourite music: Moddi
Favourite film/series: Harry potter
Favourite food: Something with chicken
Greatest sport moment: My debut on the team in WC 2021
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @miacoda1
What made you go all in on your sport? I love to do sports but had many years where I did not do anything athletic. When the pandemic came, I had to do something again and then I fell in love with curling as a sport. I wanted to go all in to see where it could get me.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? I have had a short way to the national team but had a good time in the WC in Beijing 2021. Here I got my debut and feel that I did good and can be proud of my achievement.

Club: Halden Curling Klubb
Born: 16-12-1971
Residence: Fredrikstad
Height: 188 cm
Occupation: Pensionist
Hobbies: Motorcycle and good time with friends
Favourite music: AC/DC
Favourite film/series: Black List
Favourite food: Home made meat balls and Pizza
Greatest sport moment: My first Gold medal in VM 2017
Follow online/connect: Facebook Ole Fredrik Syversen Instagram fredriko71
What made you go all in on your sport? After my accident, I met Rune, the old skip in Team Norway Para Curling, and he invite me to try curling. Since then I have played curling from 2010 and been a part of the national team from 2015.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? My first gold medal in 2017 in South Korea is my biggest moment.

Club: Sauda Idrettslag
Born: 21.10.1999 - Sauda
Residence: Sauda/Lillehammer Norway
Height: 180 cm
Hobbies: Outdoor activities, Fishing, kayak, frisbee
Occupation: Athlete / Student
Favourite music: Genre: A bit of everything. Artist: Bjørn Eidsvåg
Favourite film/series: It might be the James Bond genre
Favourite food: Cuisine: Cream au gratin potatoes and beef. Country: Italy
Greatest sport moment: Bronze in the relay during the world championship at Lillehammer
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @thomas_k_o
What made you go all in on your sport? I have always been an active person and loved being outdoors and xc-skiing. I started to ski early but didn’t commit to skiing because my vision was not “bad” enough. In 2017 my vision was reevaluated, that’s when I decided that I wanted to see how far I could take it.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? It might be when we took home the bronze in the relay during the world championships at Lillehammer. My shape was not the greatest and the individual dispenses was disappointing, but we had one chance as a team. On paper it we saw that it would be hard to make the podium, but everyone on the team did their leg excellent and gave me just the seconds I needed to bring Norway into bronze position.

Club: Tomrefjord IL
Born: 08.08.1994 - Tomrefjord
Residence: Lillehammer
Height: 169 cm
Occupation: Guide
Hobbies: Skiing, cycling, tennis, football and hang out with friends
Favourite music: Listens to everything
Favourite film/series: Hello! Tapir
Favourite food: Italian and a good hamburger
Greatest sport moment: World Championships in Holmenkollen 2011. 50 km. As the audience
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @ole_lid
What made you go all in on your sport? I think it's incredibly fun to compete, and as a guide I also get to compete as a team in an individual sport. And It’s a lot of fun. 
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? Experience a world championship in Lillehammer, and at the same time win a medal in the relay on the last day of the championship.

Club: TIF Viking
Born: 15.06.1986 – Barranquilla, Colombia
Residence: Bergen/Lillehamer Norway
Height: 145cm
Occupation: Athlete
Hobbies: Voluntary work at Haukeland hospital, fishing, art and sewing
Favourite music: Genre: Country, HipHop, RnB ++ Artist: maybe Rihanna
Favourite film/series: A Norwegian series called “Wisting”
Favourite food: Food: fried scampi.Country: India. Taste: red curry
Greatest sport moment: Salum Kashafalis world record race in Tokyo
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @indimilena Tiktok: @paranorway
What made you go all in on your sport? Because of poor mental health I began exercising. I loved it and started to take it more seriously. Then I joined a cross country skiing camp. A lot of support from the Norwegian Ski Association, Olympiatoppen and participation in the world cup at Lillehammer 2019 made me realize that it was possible to go all in on cross country skiing.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete?  My greatest moment as an athlete must be the participation in the World Championship in Lillehammer, it was a huge millstone and I really enjoyed it. My performance in the championships also qualified me for the paralytic games.

Club: Kvaløysletta Skilag
Born: 12.01.2001 - Tromsø
Residence: Lillehammer
Height: 162 cm
Occupation: Fulltime Athlete 
Hobbies: Hunting and fishing, play on instruments such as violin, guitar and piano.
Favourite music: Favourite genre is modern rock and poprock / Favourite band is Bigbang (Norwegian band) and Coldplay / favourite artist is Øystein Greni, Miley Cyrus and Chris Martin / Favourite songs are: The Night we met – (Lord Huron), Hypnotised – (Coldplay) and You can´t take me – (Bryan Adams)
Favourite film/series: Favourite film: The Harry Potter movies. Favourite series: Stranger things
Favourite food: Sweet chili Chicken / Asian / sweet and sour
Greatest sport moment: My greatest sport moment is when I took the silver medal in the sprint at the Paralympics in 2018.
Follow online/connect: Instagram: @vildenilsen_
What made you go all in on your sport? My parents took me cross-country skiing from the age of 2, and I have since that time loved the sport. When I qualified to become a para-athlete in 2015, I decided to aim to become the world's best para-cross-country skier.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? I have many great moments as an athlete, but some of the nicest memories is all of the beautiful training sessions outside in the beautiful Norwegian landscape.

Club: Frol Idrettslag
Born: 10.02.1989 - Oslo
Residence: Oslo, Norway
Height: 180 cm
Occupation: Athlete
Hobbies: Politics
Favourite music: Fay Wildhagen
Favourite film/series: State of Happiness
Favourite food: Italian
Greatest sport moment: Paralympics gold in Tokyo
Follow online/connect: @Birgitskarstein
What made you go all in on your sport? The freedom of being out in the nature, the joy of development and excitement of competition.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? The moment I crossed the finish line in Tokyo 2020 and realized that all the time and effort we put into the ambition of winning a Paralympic gold had made the dream come true.

Club: Fossum Idrettsforening
Born: 06.03.1975 - Trondheim
Residence: Oslo
Height: 190 cm
Occupation: Athlete / Project Manager
Hobbies: MTB biking
Favourite music: Classic Rock
Favourite film/series: Documentaries on sports and nature
Favourite food: Hot Asian
Greatest sport moment: So many – hard to pick one…
Follow online/connect: @kjartanhaugen
What made you go all in on your sport? Interested to understand how far I could push my body.
What is your greatest moment as an athlete? Relay gold in Torino 2006