Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen ( born November 8, 1964 in Hamar ) is a Norwegian cross country skier and starts for Nybygda IL.
Her debut in the World Cup it was on March 3, 1984. Several years later, she retired as a first time cross-country skier and was back then instead for a long time a successful ski orienteer. Victory in Ski Orienteering World Cup 1997 was their biggest international success in this sport. In the same year, 1997, Pedersen returned to the long- run.
Pedersen won the 2002 silver team at the Olympic Winter Games. At the 2003 World Championships she won the bronze medal in the sprint and 10 km classic and silver team at the 2005 World Championships gold in the relay. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 10 km race in classic style. When Vasaloppet about 45 km on March 4 of the same year they took second place behind Marit Bjørgen. After the end of season 2005/2006 in March 2006, she announced her immediate End of career, she appeared in November of the same year returned the resignation and is in the "mature" age of 42 still complete a season.
On January 7, won the 2006 Hilde (41 years ), 10 km classic race in Otepaeae Estonia and is the oldest woman to win a World Cup race. On 28 January 2007 she won the belonging to Worldloppet Marcialonga run.
After the end of the 2006/2007 season Pedersen stated that they want to devote ourselves to marathon distances. Accordingly, it was listed as " retired " at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season in the statistics of the FIS. For a surprise Pedersen made then, as she started the first race of the season on November 24, 2007 in Beitostoelen and finished a respectable 13th place in the presence of the entire world elite at the age of 43 years now. Since this last appearance in the World Cup she took part only in the lower class FIS Cup, at the Norwegian Championships or at the Marathon Cup. So she took on 21 January 2010 at the FIS Cup in Stokke, aged 45 years the 19th Place.
Hilde G. Pedersen has two daughters, the twins Eli and Ida Gjermundshaug Gjermundshaug Pedersen Pedersen (born 6 April 1988). In the Norwegian Championships in 2006 they together won the first place in the relay.