It is Torjus Dybendahl Hartz who confirms to news that his mother has passed away. It was Nordre Aker Budstikke who first mentioned the death. Dybendahl, who represented the Oslo club Kjelsås, became world champion in the 5 kilometer classic at the WC in the Italian Val di Fiemme in 1991. That is her best achievement. She was also part of the Norwegian relay team that took silver in the relay at the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994. Alongside the aforementioned triumphs, Dybendahl’s career contained two further relay silvers at the Olympics and five World Cup medals. – I have been aware that she was ill for a short while, but it is very strange, says a clearly affected Marit Mikkelsplass to news. Terje Pedersen / NTB Bjørn Dæhlie, former cross-country runner – It was a very sad message to receive. Trude was a fantastic skier and an important contributor to the national team environment in the 1990s, a period I look back on with great pleasure. Ole Martin Wold / NTB Tove Moe Dyrhaug, ski president – She passed away at a much too young age. She was a very good skier and a good person who did a lot of good. It is the WC gold in Val di Fiemme that will be remembered best from her skiing career, but she was really a cross-country skier who left her mark. NTB Torgeir Bjørn, news’s cross-country expert – It is sad and far too early. – Development-oriented and innovative Mikkelsplass and Dybendahl were teammates both in Kjelsås and on the national team, but also had a very close relationship outside the ski slopes. – There is probably no one apart from my immediate family that I have spent as much time with as Trude. We often stayed together at gatherings, we trained together, went on holiday together and went to the cinema together. So yes, this is very strange, she says. – How do you think Trude Dybendahl will be remembered? – I know she will be remembered for the athlete she was. She was development-oriented and innovative in all areas, says Mikkelsplass. This is Trude Dybendahl Photo: Olsen, Olav / SCANPIX Born: 8 January 1966 Occupation: Norwegian former cross-country skier Club: Kjelsås IL Retired in 1998 after a rich career, including individual WC gold in the 5 km in Val di Fiemme Ble awarded the Red Cross’ “Person of the Year” award in 1990 Participated in the Master of Masters in 2012 Merits: Three Olympic silver medals in the relay, six World Cup medals, seven World Cup victories. In addition, she won 19 NM gold A rich career Trude Dybendahl was also Norwegian champion a number of times, not least in the relay for the club team Kjelsås. Dybendahl also took seven World Cup victories. Overall, she finished as the best in 10th place. Dybendahl was for a number of years married to the Danish skier Ebbe Hartz. They have two sons together. After his skiing career, Dybendahl became known, among other things, as the founder of the conference Women Wake up! She has also written several books. In 2009, she was, among other things, co-author of the children’s book “Journey to the Ice”, which was published by Gyldendal Forlag. In 1990, Dybendahl was awarded the Person of the Year award by the Red Cross. She has also held several board positions. Photo: Gunnar Lier / NTB Photo: Åserud, Lise, Photo: Lise Åserud, SCANPIX, Photo: Lise Åserud, SCANPIX / SCANPIX Photo: Bjørn Sigurdsøn / Scanpix Photo: Jan Greve / NTB scanpix Ski president Tove Moe Dyrhaug received the news of his death with great sadness. – She passed away at a much too young age. She was a very good skier and a good person who did a lot of good. It is the WC gold in Val di Fiemme that will be remembered best from her skiing career, but she was really a cross-country skier who left her mark, she says to news. – Never afraid to say what she thought, news’s sports commentator, Jan Petter Saltvedt, remembers Dybendahl in several ways: – She is the one who has said loudest and clearest that she has become world champion on Norwegian TV, for everyone who remembers the victory interview from Val di Fiemme in 1991, says Saltvedt and continues: – It was a surprise that she won gold at that distance, even though she had won silver earlier in the championship. Saltvedt points out that she won World Cup gold during a period when the Eastern Bloc countries dominated women’s cross-country skiing, with a competition much worse than that encountered today. – She was part of a somewhat new generation after those who had dominated women’s cross-country skiing in the 1980s. Dybendahl ushered in a 1990s that was to be enormously good for Norwegian cross-country skiing in general. – Dybedahl was never afraid to say what she thought throughout her career, she has continued to do so afterwards. In addition, she has expressed a lifelong love of cross-country skiing. She has held courses and been seen in Nordmarka until the very end, says Saltvedt. Working for blood limits The same is emphasized by news’s cross-country expert Torgeir Bjørn, who for a period was himself part of the national cross-country team. – In addition to being a phenomenal cross-country runner, she was a leader on the women’s team. She had clear opinions and was very committed. Among other things, she went to great lengths to get limits for blood values introduced in cross-country skiing, which came before the WC in Trondheim in 1997, says Bjørn. – She was very involved in sports politics. I think maybe she spent so much energy on it that it wasn’t necessarily the best for the results, says Marit Mikkelsplass. (news/NTB) Published 23.08.2024, at 11.50 Updated 23.08.2024, at 13.07
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