Berit Mørdre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian cross-country skier
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Place of Birth: Nes, Akershus, Norway
About Berit Mørdre
- Berit Mørdre-Lammedal (née Mørdre, 16 April 1940 – 23 August 2016) was a Norwegian cross-country skier.
- She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 5 km, 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events and won a complete set of medals: a gold, a silver and a bronze.
- She also won a silver medal in the relay at the 1966 World Championships.Mørdre was born and raised on a farm in Nes, but since 1965 lived in Oslo, where she worked as a police officer.
- In 1969 she married, and changed her last name to Mørdre-Lammedal.
- She took part in several Holmenkollen ski festivals, winning the 5 km race in 1974.
- In 1971 she became the first Norwegian woman to win the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Marjatta Kajosmaa and Reidar Hjermstad).
- Domestically she won 13 Norwegian titles, six over 5 km and seven over 10 km.
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