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'''Trude Harstad''' (born 17 July 1974) is a former Norwegian biathlete.

==Life and career== Harstad was born in the municipality of Birkenes in the southern part of Norway.

Harstad debuted at the Junior World Championships in 1993 in Ruhpolding. The first event was the team event, which was not a success, as the Norwegian team composed of Harstad, Gunn Margit Andreassen and Liv Grete Skjelbreid came 9th.<ref name="Sportsboken 93-94">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sportsboken 93-94 |trans-title=The Sports Book 93-94 |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |publisher=Verdens Gang (VG)}} {{in lang|no}}</ref> She did not race in the 10&nbsp;km individual,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 February 1993 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/71006/36 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref> but came 15th in the 7.5&nbsp;km sprint.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 February 1993 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/71012/24 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref> She was not a part of the relay team, which won gold.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 February 1993 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/71013/30 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The following year in Brezno-Osrblie, Harstad won gold in the team event, alongside Karianne Væting, Liv Grete Skjelbreid and Eli Merete Melheim.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 February 1994 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/72035/34 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref> She faltered in the individual events, finishing 16th in the 10&nbsp;km individual and seventh, best of the Norwegians, in the sprint.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=6 February 1994 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/72061/25 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Harstad finished with a bronze in the relay, having taken the anchor leg and racing with Liv Grete Skjelbreid and Karianne Væting.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 February 1994 |title=Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting |trans-title=Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon |url=http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/72065/36 |language=Norwegian |newspaper=Aftenposten |access-date=7 May 2015}} {{in lang|no}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

In the World Cup, Harstad debuted in the fifth round of the 1992–93 World Cup in Östersund in Sweden.<ref name="IBUprofile">{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR21707197401 |title=Trude Harstad |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> She finished 55th and did not return to the World Cup until the 1996–97 season. Harstad did not catch on and she only had a total of six starts in the World Cup, the best of which was two 53rds in Lillehammer in 1996–97. As she did not score any World Cup points, she did not have any overall placement in the total score of the World Cup.<ref name="IBUprofile"/>

At home, Harstad was more successful. She won 6 medals at the Norwegian Biathlon Championships, two of which were gold.<ref name="skiskyting.no">{{cite web |url=http://www.skiskyting.no/no/arrangement/resultater/resultathistorikk/nm_senior |title=NM senior |website=Norges Skiskytterforbund |access-date=7 May 2015 |language=Norwegian |trans-title=NC (Norwegian Championships) senior}} {{in lang|no}}</ref> Additionally, Harstad won 7 medals at the Junior Norwegian Biathlon Championships, of which four were gold.<ref name="JuniorNM"/>

==Biathlon results== ===Junior World Championships=== ''2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- " !Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !Team !style="width:70px;"|Relay |- | align=left |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} 1993 Ruhpolding}} | — | 15th | 9th | — |- | align=left |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|SVK}} 1994 Brezno-Osrblie}} | 16th | 7th | style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' | style="background:#cfaa88;"|'''Bronze''' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IBU name|BTNOR21707197401}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harstad, Trude}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:People from Birkenes Category:Norwegian female biathletes Category:Sportspeople from Agder Category:20th-century Norwegian women Category:20th-century Norwegian people