Silje Opseth Explained

Silje Opseth
Nationality:Norway
Birth Date:28 April 1999
Birth Place:Buskerud, Norway
Height:1.66 m
Club:IL Holeværingen
Personalbest:230.5m (756.2feet)
Vikersund, 17 March 2024
Seasons:2016–present
Wins:7
Teamwins:1
Totalpodiums:21
Individual Starts:140
Updated:21 March 2024

Silje Opseth (born 28 April 1999) is a Norwegian ski jumper, who represents the club Holeværingen IL.

Personal life

Opseth was born in Hønefoss on 28 April 1999.

Career

Opseth made her world cup debut in 2015, only 16 years old.

She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.[1] Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, she placed 16th in the women's normal hill individual.[2]

She won her first world cup victory in Holmenkollen in March 2022.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center2015/1640 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2016/1751 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2017/1820 N/A N/A 19 N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2018/1916 N/A N/A 21 11 12
scope=row align=center2019/2010 N/A N/A N/A align=center bgcolor=silverN/A
scope=row align=center2020/214 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4
scope=row align=center2021/226 12 6 N/A 6 N/A
scope=row align=center2022/237 24 N/A N/A 4 N/A
scope=row align=center2023/2411 N/A N/A N/A 7 N/A

Individual wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
15 March 2022   Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
25 November 2022   Malinka HS134 LH
34 December 2022   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
48 January 2023   Ōkurayama HS137 LH
513 March 2023   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
64 February 2024   Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
79 March 2024   Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
silje opseth fell at the world record on 17/03/2024 in training and then in the final series she jumped at 230.5m, which is a world record.

Notes and References

  1. News: Silje (17) rett på hotell for lekselesing. Norwegian. NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 23 February 2017. 23 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Silje Opseth . olympedia.org . 13 April 2021.