1. Kari Traa was born on 28 January 1974 and is a Norwegian former Olympic freestyle skier.
11 Facts About Kari Traa
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Kari Traa 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.
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Kari Traa is four times World Champion, from 2001 and 2003, and has three silver medals.
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Kari Traa missed the cut for the final round and finished 14th in the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville - the first official Olympic mogul competition.
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Kari Traa injured her knee after wiping out on a training run just three weeks before the Olympics.
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Kari Traa attracted attention when she posed almost nude in a series of pictures in the sports magazine Ultrasport in 2001.
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Kari Traa started a company in 2002, selling sports clothes, and has later won awards for successfully launching her collections.
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Kari Traa is engaged in the festival Ekstremsportveko held at her home community Voss, regarded as one of the world's largest extreme sports festivals.
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Kari Traa was elected "Sexiest woman in Norway" in 2002 by the magazine MANN.
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Kari Traa was mentioned as a sponsor for the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis in a segment on their TV show I kveld med YLVIS where they tried to become "big" in Swahiliwood.
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Kari Traa agreed and co-funded it with Svendsen Eksos, a local car-repair shop in Norway.