Kjeldaas, Stine Brun (1975–)
Kjeldaas, Stine Brun (1975–)
Norwegian snowboarder. Name variations: S. Brun Kjeldaas; also seen as Kjelldaas. Born April 23, 1975, in Fornebu, Oslo, Norway.
At Nagano, won the 1st silver medal ever awarded for women's half-pipe snowboarding at Winter Olympics (1998); won gold in Women's Halfpipe at X Games (2000). Other 1st-place finishes in Halfpipe include: Vans Triple Crown, Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA (2000); Motorola ISF World championship, Kokanee, Canada (2000); ISF World Cup Finals, Davos, Switzerland (2000); ISF Season End Ranking Overall (2000); FIS World Cup, Whistler, British Columbia (2000); Nippon Open, Ishiuchimaruyama, Japan (2001); and ISF World Ranking, Season End (2001).
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