Britta Johansson Norgren

Britta Johansson Norgren
Britta Johansson Norgren in March 2011
Personal information
Full nameBritta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren
Nationality Sweden
Born (1983-03-30) 30 March 1983
Uppsala, Sweden
Sport
SportSkiing
ClubSollefteå Skidor IF
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (2003–2011, 2013–2014)
Indiv. starts113
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts16
Team podiums8
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (30th in 2009)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2009 Liberec4 × 5 km relay

Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren (née Norgren; born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who has competed between 2002 and 2022, first in World Cup events, then in marathon events. 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.

Career

Britta Norgren was born and raised in Bälinge, Uppsala Municipality and moved to Sollefteå to attend the skiing riksidrottsgymnasium.[1]

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.

After the 2013–14 season, Johansson Norgren switched to marathon cross-county skiing.[1] On 31 January 2016 she won the women's edition of the Marcialonga ski marathon race in Italy.[2]

She won the Tjejvasan in 2016,[3] On 25 February 2017, she once again won Tjejvasan.[4] She also won Tjejvasan in 2019.[5][6] and the ski marathon Vasaloppet in 2017 and 2019.[7][8] In February 2020, she won Tjejvasan once again.[9] On 26 February 2022, she again won the same race.[10]

On 8 April 2022, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.[11]

Personal life

Britta Norgren is married to Jonas Johansson, a former national coach for the Sweden biathlon team.[12]

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200622111528—4—
2010262952—13——
201430—38—14——

World Championships

  • 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 
200723—27322644
200925——DNF38Bronze—
201127——31—Silver—

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
200320102N/a67N/aN/aN/a
200421NCNCNCN/aN/aN/a
200522NCNC—N/aN/aN/a
200623353623N/aN/aN/a
200724388022N/a41N/a
20082596NC73N/a——
200926303516N/a—DNF
201027504442N/a2636
201128323124291730
20133061NC32———
20143136442611——

Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (1 RL, 1 TS)
  • 8 podiums – (5 RL, 3 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12005–0618 March 2006Japan Sapporo, Japan6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdStrömstedt
22006–0729 October 2006Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndAndersson
317 December 2006France La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndAndersson / Lindborg / Kalla
44 February 2007 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stAndersson / Strömstedt / Kalla
525 March 2007Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdDahlberg / Rydqvist / Kalla
62007–0828 October 2007Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stKalla
72008–0923 November 2008Sweden Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdHansson / Haag / Kalla
82010–1121 November 2010Sweden Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndHaag / Rydqvist / Kalla

References

  1. 1 2 "Britta Johansson Nordgren började åka längre och skidkarriären nådde nya höjder". Expressen. 25 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Johan Häll (31 January 2016). "Tredje raka segern för Britta Johansson Norgren" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Olle Liljeblad (27 February 2016). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan 2016" (in Swedish). Dalarnas tidningar. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Isabell Gradin (25 February 2017). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Johansson Norgren spurtade hem Tjejvasan" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Britta Johansson Norgren spurtade hem Tjejvasan". Expressen (in Swedish). 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Julin, Albin (5 March 2017). "Johansson Norgren i mål som segrare 2017". Expressen. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Johansson Norgren vann Vasaloppet". Dagens Nyheter. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Petter Öhrling, Marie Lehmann (22 February 2020). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan igen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Simon Norberg, Marie Lehmann (26 February 2022). "Britta Johansson Norgren vann Tjejvasan på rekordtid" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Maja Albertsson (8 April 2022). "Britta Johansson Norgren avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Tillbaka i spåret - två månader efter födseln". 13 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "NORGREN Britta". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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