Unni Larsen

Unni Larsen (born 23 March 1959) is a Norwegian former racing cyclist and dogsled racer who competed in two Olympic Games (1984, 1988). Between 1977 and 1992, she won fifteen titles at the Norwegian cycling championships.

Personal life Larsen has three brothers. She studied carpentry at a vocational school and apprenticed to become a carpenter. She has a daughter, Trine, born in June 1985.

Career Larsen began skiing as a child, and in 1983, she placed 15th in the national championships in 10km cross-country skiing. Larsen felt that dogsled racing had better gender equality than cycling, saying that races for men and women were held at the same time at the same courses, which was usually not the case in cycling, and that the environment was less sexist, although she did see increasing respect for women cyclists during her career.