Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes
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Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes is a 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.

She won a gold medal at the 2005 Junior World Ski Championships. made his World Cup
FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31...

 debut in March 2005 in Drammen
Drammen
Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

, and collected her first World Cup points with a 15th place the next year in the same city. She finished among the top ten for the first time in February 2008 in Otepää
Otepää
Otepää is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it's the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Town has a population of 2,189 . Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia...

, and repeated that result in March 2009 in Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

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She represents the sports club Henning SL
Henning SL
Henning Skilag is a Norwegian skiing club from Henning near Steinkjer.Members include cross-country skiers Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes, Karianne Bjellånes, Marte Elden, Tor Arne Brevik, and Morten Eilifsen.Local rival teams are Steinkjer SK and Skogn IL....

, and lives in Skåla
Skåla
Skåla may refer to:* Skåla , a mountain in Stryn municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway* Skåla , a mountain in Volda municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway...

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