Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen [SEP] place of birth
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (born February 9, 1978) is a retired Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass start.
Kristiansen
Kristiansen () is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname. For etymology - see Christiansen 
- Celine Lundbye Kristiansen, Danish handball player
- Egil Kristiansen, Norwegian cross country skier
- Einar Kristiansen, Norwegian Nordic skiing athlete
- Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer, TV-host
- Elin Kristiansen, Norwegian biathlete
- Fredrik Kristiansen, co-creator of the Blink online community
- Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen, Norwegian biathlete
- Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen, Norwegian newspaper editor and Communist Party politician