# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/birgit-skarstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:51:01.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/birgit-skarstein"
name: "Birgit Skarstein"
slug: "birgit-skarstein"
description: "Birgit Lovise Røkkum Skarstein is a Norwegian former Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur who competed in para rowing and para cross-country skiing. She is a Paralympic champion and silver medallist, six-time world champion and four-time European champion in single sculls. Skarstein has won a total of twelve World Championships medals, eight in rowing and four in cross-country skiing, and holds the world best time in women's single sculls. She announced her retirement on 1 January 2025."
tagline: "Norwegian para-rower and para-cross country skier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birgit_Skarstein_NOR_boat.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1989-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
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ranks:
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  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "birgitskarstein"
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    title: "بيرجيت سكارستين"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump