Marit Bjorgen is a retired Norwegian cross country skier and the most decorated Winter Olympian in history, with 15 Olympic medals across five Games between 2002 and 2018. She dominated World Cup competition for nearly two decades, winning 114 individual races and eighteen World Championship gold medals. She announced her retirement from cross country skiing on 6 April 2018, briefly returned to long distance skiing, and ended her competitive career fully on 28 April 2022. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightHolds the record for most Winter Olympic medals of any athlete, 15 across five Games from 2002 to 2018, including 8 gold. 1 Career HighlightRanks first all time in Cross Country World Cup victories with 114 individual wins and four overall titles, and is regarded as the third most decorated Olympian across all sports. 1 Career HighlightWon eighteen World Championship gold medals between 2003 and 2017, twelve of them in individual events. 1 Classification
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Marit Bjorgen is a retired Norwegian cross country skier and the most decorated Winter Olympian in history, with 15 Olympic medals across five Games between 2002 and 2018.
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