| Brit Pettersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Brit Pettersen in March, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1961 Lillehammer, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Søre Ål IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 7 – (1982–1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 1982, 1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brit Pettersen Tofte (born 24 November 1961) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s.
Pettersen earned one gold and two bronzes at two Winter Olympic Games. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she won one gold (4 × 5 km relay - 1982), one silver (20 km - 1985), and two bronzes (5 km - 1982, 10 km - 1987). She also won the 20 km competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1983 and 1987). In the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, she finished second twice (1981–82, 1982–83) and third twice (1984–85, 1985–86).
She won the Holmenkollen medal in 1986.
In 1986 she won the silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 10 km cross-country running, representing Lillehammer IF.[1]
- ^ "10 km Terrengløp/Cross Country". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2010.