Desiree Bjerke

Desiree Bjerke Andersen ( born March 22, 1971 in Fredrikstad ) is a Norwegian Skeleton pilot.

Desiree Bjerke starts Skeletonklubb for the Lillehammer. It has been active since 1997 on an international level. Your first good result was a seventh place in a skeleton World Cup race in Winterberg in December 1997. Still followed several good results, but they never came over to sixth place ( January 2004 Lillehammer ) addition. The only world championship in which they participated, took place in 2005 in Calgary instead, Bjerke was 17 With Skeleton European Championships, she launched four times. , 2003 in St. Moritz ( 9 ), 2004 in Altenberg ( 8 ), 2005 in Altenberg ( 16 ) and 2007 in Koenigssee ( 12 ). In November 2001, Bjerke won a European Cup race in Winterberg.

Career highlight was Bjerkes participation in the 2006 Olympics in Turin. There she finished in ninth place. Norwegian champion was in 2004 and 2005 after it was already second (but behind the Swiss Maya Pedersen ) 2003.