Marie Risby Explained

Marie Risby
Fullname:Lillemor Marie Risby
Birth Date:1955 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Ludvika, Sweden
Club:Ludvika FFI
Seasons:3 – (19831985)
Wins:1
Totalpodiums:4
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:19
Team Starts:2
Wcoveralls:0 – (6th in 1984)

Marie Risby (born 20 April 1955) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and 80's. She participated in three Winter Olympics (1976, 1980 and 1984) and did her best results at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when she finished fourth in the 5 km, fifth in the 20 km, fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay, and sixth in the 10 km events.[1]

At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, Risby finished sixth in the 20 km and tenth in the 10 km events. Her lone World Cup victory was in a 5 km event in Finland in 1985, her last year as an active athlete.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  20 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
20 21
24
28

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  20 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
20 21 17 4
20 10 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
28 10
29 6
30 8

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1982–838 January 1983 Klingenthal, East Germany 10 km Individual World Cup 2nd
2 1983–8425 February 1984 Falun, Sweden 10 km Individual World Cup 2nd
33 March 1984 Lahti, Finland 5 km Individual World Cup 3rd
4 1984–852 March 1985 Lahti, Finland 5 km IndividualWorld Cup 1st

Team podiums

Notes and References

  1. Marie Risby Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/marie-johansson-risby-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 February 2018.
  2. Web site: RISBY Marie . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 13 December 2019.