Brit Pettersen

Brit Pettersen
Brit Pettersen in March, 1980
Country Norway
Born (1961-11-24) 24 November 1961
Lillehammer, Norway
Ski clubSøre Ål IL
World Cup career
Seasons7 – (19821988)
Indiv. starts51
Indiv. podiums23
Indiv. wins10
Team starts6
Team podiums6
Team wins5
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1982, 1983)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
1984 Sarajevo4 × 5 km relay
1980 Lake Placid4 × 5 km relay
1984 Sarajevo10 km
World Championships
1982 Oslo4 × 5 km relay
1985 Seefeld20 km
1982 Oslo5 km
1987 Oberstdorf10 km classical
Junior World Championships
1980 Örnsköldsvik4 × 5 km relay

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.