Anne Jahren
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Anne Jahren (born 20 June 1963) is a former Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1990. She won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the 4 x 5 km (1984), a silver in the 4 x 5 km (1988), and a bronze in the 20 km {1984).

Jahren also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...

, including one gold (10km: 1987), two silvers (4 x 5 km: 1985, 1987), and one bronze (4 x 5 km: 1989). She also finished 13th in the women's Adelskalender in the Norwegian skiing Championships. Representing Bærums Skiklub, Jahren also won two World Cup events in her career (1986, 1987).

In 1984 she won the silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 10 kilometres cross-country running, representing IL Tyrving
IL Tyrving
Idrettslaget Tyrving is a Norwegian sports club from Sandvika, founded in 1922. It has sections for athletics and orienteering. It is named after Tyrfing in Norse mythology....

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She has her education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at Bachelor, Master and Doctorate level....

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