Editing Kari Traa

{{Short description|Norwegian freestyle skier}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Kari Traa
| image          = Kari Traa (Jarvin).jpg
| caption        = <small>Traa in [[Bjerkreim]] 2008</small>
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|28 January 1974}}<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite web|title=Kari Traa|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/kari-traa-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/kari-traa-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Voss]], Norway<ref name=sports-reference/>
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 168 cm<ref name=sports-reference/>
| weight         = 65 kg<ref name=sports-reference/>
| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Women's [[freestyle skiing]] }}
{{MedalCountry| {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Moguls]]}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Moguls|Moguls]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]|[[Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Moguls]]}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2001|2001 Whistler]] | Moguls }}
{{MedalGold| 2001 Whistler | Dual moguls }}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003|2003 Deer Valley]] | Moguls }}
{{MedalGold| 2003 Deer Valley | Dual moguls }}
{{MedalSilver| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1999|1999 Meiringen-Hasliberg]] | Moguls }}
{{MedalSilver| 1999 Meiringen-Hasliberg | Dual moguls }}
{{MedalSilver| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005|2005 Ruka]] | Dual moguls }}
}}

'''Kari Traa''' (born 28 January 1974) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] former Olympic [[freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]]. She won the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] title in the [[Mogul skiing|mogul]]s event at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], finished second at the [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 games]], and finished third at the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 games]].

==Accomplishments==
She is four times World Champion, from 2001 (moguls + parallel moguls)  and 2003 (moguls + parallel moguls), and has also three silver medals (both moguls and parallel moguls in 1999, and moguls in 2005).<ref name=worldchampions>[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldfsski.shtml "World Freestyle Skiing Champions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212021501/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/worldfsski.shtml |date=2007-12-12 }} &ndash; ''hickoksports.com'' (Retrieved on December 27, 2007)</ref> She has a total of 37 World Cup victories.

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. Kari did not compete when the Games came to her home country Norway and Lillehammer in 1994. She injured her knee after wiping out on a training run just three weeks before the Olympics.<ref name="sports-reference" /> After the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan - Kari finally had an Olympic medal when she won bronze. In subsequent Winter Olympics she gained a gold medal (2002) and silver (2006).<ref name=olympics>{{cite web|title=Kari TRAA|url=https://www.olympic.org/kari-traa|website=Olympic Games|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Publicity==
Traa attracted attention when she posed almost nude in a series of pictures in the sports magazine ''[[Ultrasport]]'' in 2001.<ref name=ultra>Picture series: [http://www.ultrasport.no/cgi-bin/mediaction/imaker?id=1936/ Kari Traa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928165638/http://www.ultrasport.no/cgi-bin/mediaction/imaker?id=1936%2F |date=2007-09-28 }} &ndash; ''Ultrasport'' (2001)  (Retrieved December 27, 2007)</ref> She started a company in 2002, selling sports clothes, and has later won awards for successfully launching her collections.<ref name=tv2>Interview: [http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/kjendis/article886439.ece "Endelig tid til kjæresten"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205072351/http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/kjendis/article886439.ece |date=2008-02-05 }} '''(Norwegian)''' (Retrieved December 27, 2007)</ref> Her autobiography ''Kari'' was issued in 2006.<ref name=kari>Kari Traa, Sarah Sørheim, Lasse Berre, "''Kari''", Damm 2006. {{ISBN|978-82-04-11874-5}}</ref> After finishing her active career she has been engaged in recruitment of young ski talents and participated as arranger of world cup events. She is also engaged in the festival ''[[Ekstremsportveko]]'' (Extreme Sports Week) held at her home community [[Voss]], regarded as one of the world's largest [[extreme sports]] festivals.

Kari Traa was elected "Sexiest woman in Norway" in 2002 by the magazine ''MANN''.<ref name=dagb-2002>[http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2002/08/23/346861.html "Nest mest sexy"] ''Dagbladet'' &ndash; Fredag 23.08.2002 '''(Norwegian)''' (Retrieved December 27, 2007)</ref> ''Her og Nå'' and ''TV 2 Nettavisen'' elected her as "Most sexy woman" in both 2003 and 2004.<ref name=midtsiden-2004>[http://www.midtsiden.no/midtsiden2/nyheter/visart.asp?mode=2115 "Mest sexy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216003055/http://www.midtsiden.no/midtsiden2/nyheter/visart.asp?mode=2115 |date=2007-12-16 }} &ndash; www.midtsiden.no : 20:07:04  '''(Norwegian)''' (Retrieved December 27, 2007)</ref> In 2007, she was second on a similar list compiled by the TV-program ''[[God kveld, Norge!]]''.<ref name=side2-2007>[http://www.side2.no/mote/article1350184.ece "Norges mest sexy kvinne"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206121422/http://www.side2.no/mote/article1350184.ece |date=2012-02-06 }} '''(Norwegian)''' (Retrieved December 27, 2007)</ref>

She was also 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]]. Ylvis asked Traa to co-fund a movie production that had run out of money. She agreed and co-funded it with Svendsen Eksos, a local car-repair shop in Norway. In return, Traa's merchandise company was mentioned in the movie's dialogue.

In 2006 she received the [[Nynorsk User of the Year]] award.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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