What is Inger Bjørnbakken?
'''Inger Bjørnbakken''' (28 December 1933 – 13 February 2021) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine skier]]. He was born in [[Bærum]], Norway. She finished tied for sixth place in the women's [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]]. She also finished fourteenth in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|giant slalom]].<ref name=sref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/inger-bjornbakken-1.html |title=Inger Bjørnbakken |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019053123/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/inger-bjornbakken-1.html |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> Two years later, Bjørnbakken won the women's slalom at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958|1958 World Championships]] in [[Bad Gastein]].<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Inger Bjørnbakken|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|url=http://snl.no/Inger_Bj%C3%B8rnbakken|language=no|access-date=4 March 2014}}</ref> She later finished fourteenth in the [[1960 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=sref/> Bjørnbakken died in a fire on 13 February 2021 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/noregs-einaste-kvinnelege-verdsmeister-i-alpint-er-dod-1.15306690 |website=nrk.no |title=Noregs einaste kvinnelege verdsmeister i alpint er død |first=Arve |last=Lote |language=Norwegian |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjornbakken, Inger}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Olympians for Norway]] [[Category:Deaths from fire]] [[Category:Norwegian skiers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}