Kari Traa
Kari Traa (born
January 28,
1974 in
Voss,
Norway) is a
Norwegian freestyle skier. She won the
Olympic title in the
moguls event at the
2002 Winter Olympics, finished second at the
2006 games, and finished third at the
1998 games.
Traa is extremely popular in Norway, and has been on the cover of many magazines, and tabloid newspapers.
Kari Traa missed the cut for the final round and finished 14th in Albertville - the first official Olympic mogul competition. Kari did not compete when the Games came to Lillehammer, Norway in 1994. She injured her knee after wiping out on a training run just three weeks before the Olympics. After the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan - Kari finally had an Olympic medal to wear when she won bronze. The medal now hangs inside her favorite restaurant in her hometown of Voss. "Freestyle skiing is still pretty small in my country. Everyone knows all the cross-country skiers because that sport is so popular. But in the last two years I've been winning a lot so more people know of me," says Kari.
Kari believes blondes have more fun and that's one of the reasons for her success. "I'm always having fun when I'm on the course - even when I don't win the race. That's the best way to start in this sport. Go slow at first just over small jumps and play around. I'm still having fun - but now I'm going faster and over bigger jumps."
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