Birgit Skarstein

Birgit Skarstein

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1989-02-10 (35 years old)

Biography

Birgit Lovise Røkkum Skarstein (born 10 February 1989) is a Norwegian Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur. She has 11 World Championship medals (seven in rowing and four in cross-country skiing) and is the reigning World Champion and Paralympic champion in the rowing class PR1Wx, where she also holds the world record.She won gold at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's single sculls. She has won the world cup overall title in both rowing and cross country skiing and has several individual world cup wins in both sports. Skarstein was in 2018 elected as a member of the International Paralympic Committee Athletes’ Council, where she in 2022 was re-elected for a second term.

Skarstein is a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers, and was a delegate and speaker at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in 2022, as well as a panellist and speaker at the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Week Dialogue on the topic of "Future of Life".

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1989-02-10 (35 years old)

Birth Place
Levanger, Norway

Citizenships
Norway

Also Known As
Birgit Lovise Røkkum Skarstein

Awards
Olavstatuetten, Årets trønder, Premio Fredrikke, Peer Gynt Literary Award, Egebergs Ærespris

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