Berit Kristine Aunli, née Kvello, (born 9 June 1956) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She won her first international championship medal as a member of the Norwegian team that won the bronze medal at the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Her real international breakthrough came at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships when she won gold medals at the 5 km, 10 km and 4 × 5 km relay races, and a silver medal at the 20 km classical. She became the first winner of an official Cross-Country World Cup after her overall victory in the 1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, she won two medals with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a silver in 5 km. Aunli also won a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 1981 Holmenkollen ski festival, she won the 20 km event.

In 1983, she was awarded the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with Tom Sandberg.).

She has 15 Norwegian Championships in total, representing Strindheim IL. In 1985 she won Morgenbladet's gold medal. She is the daughter of Kristen Kvello.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

Olympic Games

3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	20 km	4 × 5 km relay
1976	19	17	18	—	5
1980	23	14	13	—	Bronze
1984	27	Silver	4	—	Gold

World Championships

5 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	20 km	4 × 5 km relay
1978	21	7	6	6	5
1980	23	—	—	7	—
1982	25	Gold	Gold	Silver	Gold
1985	28	4	6	4	Silver

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall
1982	26
1984	28	7
1985	29	14
1986	30	15
1987	31	41

Individual podiums

4 victories
10 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1981–82	15 January 1982	La Bresse, France	5 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
2		19 February1982	Oslo, Norway	10 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	1st
3		22 February1982		5 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	1st
4		26 February1982		5 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	2nd
5		6 March 1982	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
6		28 March 1982	Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia	10 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
7		13 April 1982	Kiruna, Sweden	5 km Individual	World Cup	2nd
8	1983–84	12 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	5 km Individual	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
9	1983–84	3 March 1984	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual	World Cup	1st
10	1984–85	18 December 1984	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Individual	World Cup	1st

Team podiums

4 victories
6 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1981–82	24 February 1982	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	1st	Bøe / Nybråten / Pettersen
2	1983–84	15 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	4 × 5 km Relay	Olympic Games^[1]	1st	Nybråten / Jahren / Pettersen
3	1984–85	22 February 1985	Seefeld, Austria	4 × 5 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Bøe / Jahren / Nykkelmo
4	1984–85	17 March 1985	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay	World Cup	1st	Nykkelmo / Jahren / Bøe
5	1985–86	1 March 1986	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Pettersen / Pedersen / Jahren
6	1985–86	13 March 1986	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Dahlmo / Skeime / Jahren

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Personal life

In 1979 she married the cross-country skier Ove Aunli.^[2]

References

External links

Olympic champions in women's 4 × 5 km cross-country relay

3 × 5 km

4 × 5 km

1976: Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova (URS)
1980: Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, Barbara Petzold (GDR)
1984: Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Brit Pettersen, Berit Aunli (NOR)
1988: Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, Anfisa Reztsova (URS)
1992: Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, Lyubov Yegorova (EUN)
1994: Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)
1998: Nina Gavrylyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
2002: Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher (GER)
2006: Natalya Baranova-Masalkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS)
2010: Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2014: Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wikén, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2018: Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Ragnhild Haga, Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2022: Yuliya Stupak, Natalya Nepryayeva, Tatiana Sorina, Veronika Stepanova (ROC)

World champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing

World champions in women's 5 km cross-country skiing
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1966: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 1970: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1974: Galina Kulakova (URS) 1978: Helena Takalo (FIN) 1982: Berit Aunli (NOR) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR) 1987: Marjo Matikainen (FIN) 1991: Trude Dybendahl (NOR) 1993: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1995: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1999: Bente Martinsen (NOR)

World champions in women's 10 km cross-country skiing

1954: Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
1958: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1962: Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)
1970: Alevtina Olyunina (URS)
1974: Galina Kulakova (URS)
1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS)
1982: Berit Aunli (NOR)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR)
1987: Anne Jahren (NOR)
1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe (URS)
1991: Yelena Välbe (URS)
2001: Bente Skari (NOR)
2003: Bente Skari (NOR)
2005: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2007: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
2011: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2013: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2015: Charlotte Kalla (SWE)
2017: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2019: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2021: Therese Johaug (NOR)
2023: Jessie Diggins (USA)

World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 × 5 km relay

3 × 5 km

4 × 5 km

1974: Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova
1978: Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo
1982: Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli, Brit Pettersen
1985: Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko, Anfisa Romanova
1987: Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, Anfisa Reztsova
1989: Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen, Marjo Matikainen
1991: Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova, Yelena Välbe
1993: Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Lyubov Yegorova
1995: Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk
1997: Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Yelena Välbe
1999: Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova, Nina Gavrylyuk
2001: Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova, Nina Gavrylyuk
2003: Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher
2005: Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen
2007: Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Pirjo Manninen
2009: Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2011: Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen
2013: Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjørgen
2015: Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Marit Bjørgen
2017: Maiken Caspersen Falla, Heidi Weng, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Marit Bjørgen
2019: Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Charlotte Kalla, Stina Nilsson
2021: Tiril Udnes Weng, Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Helene Marie Fossesholm
2023: Tiril Udnes Weng, Astrid Øyre Slind, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Anne Kjersti Kalvå

Cross-country skiing World Cup champions – women's overall

Holmenkollen Medal

Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900	1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1900–1950	1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951–2000	1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT)