Bård Jørgen Elden

Bård Jørgen Elden ( born June 17, 1968 in Namdalseid ) is a former Norwegian Nordic skier.

Career

Elden made ​​his international debut at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 1987 in Asiago. He won jointly with Jon Andersen Trond Arne Bredesen and the silver medal in the team competition. On March 13, 1987, he was in Leningrad in his debut in the World Cup Nordic Combined. As an eleventh reached the points erauf away. Also in the 1987/88 season he scored right away points gains in St. Moritz and Seefeld in Tirol. In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 1988 bronze medal in the individual competition with his brother Trond Einar Elden and Andersen succeeded him after winning the victory in the team competition. The last season competitions in Rovaniemi, he finished in 14th place and once again won two World Cup points.

In the 1988/89 season Elden started with a good second place in Saalfelden sea and thus his first podium. In Breitenwang him a little later scored his first and only World Cup victory. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 1989, he won together with his brother and Bredesen the gold medal with the Norwegian season. A little later he won the Norwegian championship in 1989 behind his brother the silver medal in the combination. The World Cup season he finished fourth overall.

For the 1989/90 season he scored in all World Cup points placement, including third in Štrbské Pleso. In the Norwegian Cup 1990 and 1991 Elden only reached fifth place in the combination. Only at the Norwegian Championship 1992 in Trondheim and Molde him the first title succeeded in this discipline.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 Elden came in a single combination on the 21th Place.

In the following years he landed again in all World Cups in the top 15 in December 1995, in Steamboat Springs, he was the second again a podium finish. After the 1996/97 season Elden ended his active career.

Elden was considered the best cross-country skiers at the Nordic Combine all. He succeeded in competitions 62 times the fastest time in the long run.

Elden was established in April 2009 as the successor of Alexander Diess head coach of the Austrian Ski Federation combiner. He led the Austrian combiner team to gold at the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, and two gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Oslo. After three years he completed in 2012 his work as a trainer in the Austrian Ski Federation.

Achievements

World Cup Stats

The table shows the achieved placings in detail.

• Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
• Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
• Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
• Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline