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Silje Opseth

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Silje Opseth
Opseth in 2015
CountryNorway
Born (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 26)
Hønefoss, Norway[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Ski clubIL Holeværingen
Personal best230.5 m (756 ft)
Vikersund, 17 March 2024
World Cup career
Seasons2016–present
Indiv. starts143
Indiv. podiums29
Indiv. wins7
Team wins2
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH
Updated on 12 June 2025.

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

Career

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Beside of ski jumping, she was also a Nordic combined skier in her youth and belonged to the female pioneers of this sport in Norway.[1]

Opseth made her world cup debut in ski jumping in 2015, only 16 years old.[1]

She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.[3] Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, she placed 16th in the women's normal hill individual.[4]

She won her first world cup victory in Holmenkollen in March 2022.[1]

After Opseths victory in Willingen in 2024, Sarah Hendrickson named her as an example for the use of irregular jumping suits and demanded her disqualification.[5]

Opseth reached a world record distance of 236.5m in training on the Vikersundbakken at March 17th in 2024, but fell while landing.[6] At the following competition she jumped at 230.5m, which was a world record for almost a year.[1] Since Januar 30th in 2021 she is also the female hill record holder on the Hochfirst Ski Jump with a distance of 138.5m.[7]

In late January 2025 Opseth suffered a knee injury and couldn't continue the world cup season.

She is a multiple national champion in ski jumping.[8]

Engagement and awards

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In 2016 Opseth and Leif Torbjørn Næsvold received the Jubilee Trophy of the Norwegian Ski Federation for Fair Play and engagement.[9]

In 2022 she and Maren Lundby criticized the Polish Ski Federation for their internal rule to give financial support just to female ski jumpers with a BMI of 21 or under it.[10]

Opseth is ambassador of the anti-alcohol-campagne Idrett uten alkohol (en.: sport instead of alcohol). In 2023 she criticized the consume of alcohol at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival.[11][12]

In 2023 Opseth gave an interview about the influence of the menstruation on physical effectivity and about writing an menstruation diary. She was supported by Hanne Staff, who is involved in the scientific project FENDURA about this topic.[13]

After her knee injury in 2025, Opseth talked in an interview about the pressure to have a low body weight in ski jumping. She was supported by Katharina Schmid, Eva Pinkelnig und Jacqueline Seifriedsberger shortly after.[14]

World Cup

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Standings

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 Season  Overall ST AK L3 RA BB
2015/16 40 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 51 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 20 N/A N/A 19 N/A N/A
2018/19 16 N/A N/A 21 11 12
2019/20 10 N/A N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A
2020/21 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4
2021/22 6 12 6 N/A 6 N/A
2022/23 7 24 N/A N/A 4 N/A
2023/24 11 N/A N/A N/A 7 N/A
2024/25 43 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Individual wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2021/22 5 March 2022   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
2 2022/23 5 November 2022   Poland Wisla Malinka HS134 LH
3 4 December 2022   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
4 8 January 2023   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
5 13 March 2023   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
6 2023/24 4 February 2024   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
7 9 March 2024   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Sundby, Jørn. "Silje Opseth". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Avslører vektproblemer og vonde tanker: – Føler meg som en ordentlig mislykket person" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Silje (17) rett på hotell for lekselesing" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Silje Opseth". olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ Simen Lønning (5 February 2024). "Vil ha Opseth diskvalifisert: – Den er sinnssyk!" (in Norwegian). nettavisen.no. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Skifliegen in Vikersund - Silje Opseth spricht über Sonntag mit Sturz und Weltrekord: "Das war wirklich crazy"" (in German). eurosport.de. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Hochfirst" (in German). skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  8. ^ "hopp (norske mestere)" (in Norwegian). Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Silje Opseth tildelt Norges skiforbunds Jubileumspokal" (in Norwegian). langrenn.ilh.no. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  10. ^ Luis Holuch (8 September 2022). "BMI-Regel sorgt für Zoff im polnischen Verband" (in German). skispringen.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  11. ^ Synne Sofie Christiansen (5 January 2021). "Tar eit oppgjer med alkoholkulturen: – Det er ubehageleg" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  12. ^ Christian Dehlie Lokøy (11 March 2023). "Opseth hardt ut mot Kollen-scener: – Hører ikke hjemme i idretten" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Hoppstjerna «forska» på eigen kropp – funna kan forandre karrieren" (in Norwegian). NRK. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  14. ^ Brede Bleiklie Thomassen (7 March 2025). "VM-vinnar opnar opp etter Opseths vektproblem: – Eg har kjent det same" (in Norwegian). nrk.no. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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