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She also won four gold medals with the Norway relay team.

Kristin Størmer Steira is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she has seven medals with two gold, two silvers, and .

In Norwegian media, Steira was dubbed "the eternal fourth" due to her many finishes in fourth place. Steira finished fourth in three individual events 10 km, 7. She has four individual career victories at various levels from to In Steira extended her interests to track athletics and announced her ambition to compete in the metres at the European Athletics Championships after achieving a time of She never did.

In the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she came eighth in the 10 km pursuit. She qualified for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she became 23rd in 15 kilometre skiathlon. In the last event, 30 km mass start freestyle , she finally won the bronze, her only individual medal of the Winter Olympics. On 20 April , Steira announced her retirement from professional skiing.

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Kristin Størmer Steira (born 30 April ) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier.

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