Birgit Skarstein

Birgit Skarstein (born 10 February 1989) is a Norwegian competitive adaptive rower and para cross-country skier.

Birgit Skarstein
Skarstein in 2013
Personal information
Full nameBirgit Røkkum Skarstein
NationalityNorwegian
Born10 February 1989 (1989-02-10) (age 31)
Sport
SportAdaptive rowing
Para cross-country skiing
Medal record
Women's adaptive rowing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
2014 AmsterdamASW1x
2017 SarasotaPR1W1x
2018 PlovdivPR1W1x
2019 OttensheimPR1W1x
2013 ChungjuASW1x
2015 AiguebeletteASW1x

In rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she finished fourth in the single sculls event. In cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Skarstein competed in the 1 km sprint classic, 5 km free, and 15 km free events. In cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, she competed in the 1.5 km sprint classic, 7.5 km classic, and 15 km free events.

Skarstein won a gold medal in PR1W1x at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, ahead of Moran Samuel.[1]

In 2019 she qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan after winning the gold medal in the PR1 Women's single sculls event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.[2]

References
  1. Hjellen, Bjørnar (1 October 2017). "Skarstein fosset inn til nytt VM-gull: – En drøm går i oppfyllelse" [Skarstein watered in for new World Cup gold: - A dream come true]. nrk.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. Patrick, O’Kane (1 September 2019). "Polianskyi and Skarstein claim PR1 single sculls titles at World Rowing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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