Marte Elden

Marte Elden
Personal information
Born	4 July 1986 (1986-07-04) (age 25) Levanger, Norway
Professional information
Club	Henning SL
Skis	Fischer
World Cup
Seasons	2005–present
Updated on 16 January 2010.

Marte Elden (born 4 July 1986 Levanger) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2005.

Cross-Country skiing

She won a gold medal at the 2005 Junior World Championship. She made her World Cup debut on 19 November 2005 in Beitostølen, and collected her first World Cup points with a 22nd place on 9 February 2008 in Otepää. She finished among the top ten for the first time on 23 February 2008 in Falun, with a tenth place. She represents the sports club Henning SL, and lives in Namdalseid.^[1]

Athletics

Elden was also a talented athlete. She finished sixth in the 800 metres and fourth in the 1500 metres in the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, and competed without reaching the final at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics.^[2] Her personal best time in the 800 metres was 2:06.77 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Gothenburg.^[3] In the 1500 metres she had 4:25.06 minutes, achieved in July 2002 in Stockholm.^[3] She represented Namdalseid IL and Steinkjer FIK.

References

1. ^ "Marte Elden (1986) - Skattelister 2007" (in Norwegian). http://skattelister.aftenposten.no/skattelister/11385040/Marte%20%20Elden. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 
2. ^ Norwegian international athletes - surname E (Norwegian)
3. ^ ^{a b} Norwegian all-time list, 800 m women (Norwegian)

External links

• Marte Elden at the International Ski Federation

Persondata
Name	Elden, Marte
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 July 1986
Place of birth	Levanger, Norway
Date of death
Place of death