Kristin Størmer Steira

Kristin Størmer Steira, born on 30 April 1981, is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 2002 to 2015. She won six individual World Cup victories and took part in the world championships and the Winter Olympics with great success, including two gold medals in the 4 x 5 km relay at the world championships, in 2005 and 2011. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she became an Olympic champion in the 4 x 5 km relay, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won bronze in the 30 km mass start freestyle, her only individual Olympic medal. Norwegian media dubbed her the eternal fourth because she so often finished fourth, including in the 15 km pursuit in 2010, which she lost by 0.1 seconds in a photo finish. She announced her retirement on 20 April 2015 and later that year married the Canadian skier Devon Kershaw.