Kenneth Braaten

Kenneth Braaten (* September 24 1974 in Mo i Rana ) is a former Norwegian Nordic skier.

Braaten made ​​his international debut at the Junior World Championships in 1994 in Breitenwang. There he won the gold medal in the team. As of 1995, Braaten started in Nordic Combined World Cup. On January 13, 1998, he won his first and only World Cup race in Ramsau in the sprint. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won Bjarte Engen Vik together with Fred Børre Lundberg and Halldor Skard in team competition gold medal. In the 1998/99 season Braaten reached several podiums and finished in sixth place in the overall World Cup season at the end. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau, he won the team competition Trond Einar Elden, together with Fred Børre Bjarte Engen Vik Lundberg and the silver medal. In the sprint, he came to seventh place, in Gundersen to fifth place. As of the 2000 /01 season podium finishes were rare, although he reached the end after good finishes on the 12th place in the Sprint World Cup overall standings. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti, he won the gold medal together with Sverre Rotevatn, Kristian Hammer and Bjarte Engen Vik in the team competition. In the season 2002/ 03 he again reached the 12th place in the Sprint World Cup overall standings. In 2003 he started in Val di Fiemme, at the Nordic World Ski Championships and missed there with the team finishing fourth a medal just barely. After he followed two years did not reach top places more, he ended his active career in 2005. However, shortly before he won at the Norwegian Championships in Lillehammer gold in the sprint and silver in singles.