Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
Hildegunn Fossen - Mikkel Plass (also Hildegunn Fossen and Hildegunn Mikkel Plass, born April 16, 1969 in Sigdal ) is a former Norwegian biathlete.
Hildegunn Fossen was a student during their active time and lives in Nesbyen. The athlete from Simostranda Idrettslag was one of the most successful Norwegian biathletes in the 1990s. She was already at the Biathlon World Championships 1991 in Lahti, together with Synnøve Thoresen, Signe Trosten and Unni Kristiansen winner of bronze medal in the team competition. At the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville Fossen ran with Trosten and Elin Kristiansen in the Norwegian relay to seventh place. To kick off the 1992/93 season Fossen was in eighth in a single Pokljuka first time at a place in the top ten. Other top ten finishes followed in the season. In the Biathlon World Championships 1993 in Borovets, they came with the season in ninth place. At the start of the following season, the Norwegian ran in Bad Gastein in the sprint to second place. By growing were the results at the Olympic Games in 1994 in Lillehammer. Did it come in single to 21st place, she was in the sprint only 47 With the season they missed together with Ann- Elen Skjelbreid, Annette Sikveland and Kristiansen in fourth place when a medal. A medal she won in the same year at the Biathlon World Championships 1994 by Canmore at the competitions which were not represented at the Special Olympics, together with Skjelbreid, Sikveland and Åse Idland the silver medal behind the White Russians in the team competition. In the World Cup, they finished at the end of the ninth, at the same time her best result in this classification.
Once again the season opener 1994/95 and again in Bad Gastein managed Fossen again a new best World Cup result, when she won the sprint race. It should remain the only victory in a World Cup race. The Biathlon World Championships 1995 in Antholz ran again successfully. In individual from Norway was 25th in the sprint and won with 13 Skjelbreid, Sikveland and Gunn Margit Andreassen the relay bronze medal. Other good results but no medal brought the Biathlon World Championships 1996 in Ruhpolding 18th in singles, sixth in the sprint and fourth in the relay. In 1997, the 29 seats were added in the pursuit of sprint and 30. The last World Cup was for Fossen, which is now called Mikkel Plass, the 1998 World Cup in Hochfilzen, where the Norwegian again won silver in the team competition, together with Skjelbreid, Sikveland and Liv Grete Skjelbreid. After the season, she finished her successful career.
Fossen 1995 married the former cross-country skier Eilif Kristen Mikkel Plass and at the same time was thus sister of cross-country skier Pål Gunnar Mikkel Plass and his wife Marit Mikkel Plass -Wold.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
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