Bjarne Solbakken

Bjarne Solbakken (born 18 May 1977) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from Stranda Municipality. He won three national titles in giant slalom, and competed at the Olympics, World Championships and the World Cup.

Bjarne Solbakken

Personal information
Born	(1977-05-18) 18 May 1977 (age 48)[1] Stranda Municipality, Norway
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	Stranda IL[1]
Achievements and titles
National finals	3 victories (2000, 2001, 2004)

Skiing Career

Olympics

Solbakken participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he finished fifth in super-G, sixth in giant slalom and twelfth in downhill.^[2] At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin he competed in downhill, super-G and giant slalom, with a twentieth place in giant slalom as best result.^[2]

World championships

At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 he competed in super-G, downhill and giant slalom.^{[citation needed]}

World Cup

He participated in the Alpine skiing World Cup in 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. His best result was at the 2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup, when he finished fourth overall in super-G, with one victory, in Beaver Creek, and one second place at Kvitfjell. He left in the summer of 2008 to pursue studies.^[3]

National titles

Solbakken won three national titles in giant slalom, in 2000, 2001, and 2004.^[4]