Kjersti Buaas

Kjersti Østgaard Buaas ( born January 5, 1981 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian snowboarder. She participated at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and involving in Turin. At the Winter Games in 2006 Buaas cashed the bronze medal in the halfpipe.

Career

Made her international début Kjersti Buaas at the Snowboard World Junior Championships 1999 on the Seiser Alm, where she won the silver medal in the halfpipe. As a result, they took part in the Snowboard World Cup and gained placements in the top 20th In the Snowboard World Championships 2001 in Madonna di Campiglio Buaas reached the 14th place on 27 January 2001. Your first World Cup victory could Kjersti Buaas celebrate in Valle Nevado on 7 September 2001. She participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In the snowboard competitions that were held in Park City, Buaas reached the fourth place in the halfpipe. As a result, Kjersti Buaas reached several top ten finishes in the Snowboard FIS World Cup, among others, the victory on 7 December 2002 in Tandådalen. In the Snowboard World Championships 2005 in Whistler, Canada Kjersti Buaas once again took the 14th place, like four years earlier. At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin Kjersti Buaas participated in the discharged in Bardonecchia Snowboard Competition in the halfpipe. Third position, she won the bronze medal here. On November 2, 2007 in Saas-Fee Buaas won the third World Cup competition in their career.

Buaas is athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.