Kari Traa (born January 28, 1974 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finished second at the 2006 games, and finished third at the 1998 games.
Is also engaged in the festival Ekstremsportveko (Extreme Sports Week) held at her home community Voss, regarded as one of the world's largest extreme sports festivals.
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Her og Na and TV 2 Nettavisen elected her as "Most sexy woman" in both 2003 and 2004.
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Elected "Sexiest woman in Norway" in 2002 by the magazine MANN.
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Won 3 Olympic medals - one gold, one silver and one bronze.
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After finishing her active career she has been engaged in recruitment of young ski talents and participated as arranger of world cup events.
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Injured her knee after wiping out on a training run just three weeks before the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994.
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Is a former Olympic freestyle skier.
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Ended her career in 2006.
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Her autobiography Kari was issued in 2006.
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Attracted attention when she posed almost nude in a series of pictures in the sports magazine Ultrasport in 2001.
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Started a company in 2002, selling sports clothes, and has later won awards for successfully launching her collections.
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Won 7 medals from World Championships over the years - 4 gold and 3 silver.