Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg ( born November 9, 1990 in Gjøvik ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. She is eight Junior World Champion.
Career
Østberg launched in January 2007 in races of Scandinavia Cup in Sjusjøn the first time in international competitions. While they finished only 58th in the classical technique in their first race for ten kilometers, she could place two days later at five km freestyle race in sixth place. In March of the same year she took part in two international FIS race in Hovden, where she was again able to achieve the better result in free technique. After they finished in tenth place in December 2007 at a FIS race in Gaalaa, a sprint in a classic style, she stood in the Norwegian squad for the Junior World Championship 2008 in the Italian Mals. After they had there still ranks third in qualifying for the sprint competition on February 23, it was only eleventh in the competition. Two days later she was able to win over five kilometers in a classic style the silver medal. The mass start race for ten kilometers freestyle she missed in fourth barely a podium finish. In the final relay race on 29 February 2008, she won the gold medal together with Celine Brun - Lie, Therese Johaug and Marthe Kristoffersen. After the Junior World Championships they got in early March in Drammen first opportunity to start in the World Cup. As 31 in qualifying but they missed the part in the sprint scarce. At the end of the season she participated in another FIS races in Røros, where she was beaten as second only Brun - Lie.
In Vorsaisonrennen mid-November 2008 in Beitostølen she could leave as Fifth Third and several established in the Norwegian World Cup team runners behind. Two weeks later she got to start in Kuusamo another way in the World Cup. In the sprint competition they failed again in qualifying, but was able to win her first World Cup as a 30 point in the ten- kilometer race in classic technique. Then she started in December 2008 and in January 2009 in several FIS races and race of the Scandinavian Cup. They could win one of the FIS races and three Cup Scandinavia. In the Norwegian Championship in mid-January in Gjøvik they celebrated the victory in the double tracking, having previously occupied the sixth and fourth place already for ten kilometers Classic and Sprint. A week later, she competed in the World Cup in Otepaeae and could be placed there in the top 20. The following Junior World Championships 2008 in Praz de Lys she could in all four disciplines in which they took, Junior World Champion will ( Sprint, double tracking, five kilometer freestyle and together with Maiken Caspersen Falla, Kristoffersen and Hilde Lauvhaug in the relay ). After a two-week break from competition, they then entered on at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. In the team sprint, she took there with Astrid Jacobsen fifth place in the 30 km mass start race it was 37 Until the end of the season she went to for all remaining World Cup races and thereby brought fluctuating performances. The 22nd place in the freestyle race over 10 kilometers on March 8, 2009 in Lahti remained their best result in all the races of the World Cup finals could not reach the points.
At the beginning of the season 2009/10 they started after the mandatory pre-season race at the World Cup in Beitostølen and Kuusamo. Although she was always able to collect World Cup points in this race, they started from the middle of December 2009, only at FIS races, junior races and in Skandinaviencup. They always achieved top placings and was able to win some of the races also. It was not until mid-January 2010, it launched in Otepaeae again in the World Cup, where they occupied for ten kilometers on the 14th and the 29th place in the sprint. After another FIS races in Norway they took part in the end of January of the Junior World Championship 2010 in Hinterzarten. In the four races in which she started, she won two gold and two silver medals, making it the most successful athlete of the Junior World Championships. Despite these successes, it has not been considered for the Norwegian Olympic squad. Instead, they took during February 2010 participated in several races of Scandinavia Cup, where she was again successful and has won several races. This ultimately brought her the victory in the overall standings of the Cup. In March she took part in the remaining World Cup races of the season, however, they at several races missed scoring points. End of the season they again successfully participated in several junior race.
Østberg ended the following season 2010/11 Tour de Ski 2010/2011 on a good 14th. They successfully launched and a little later at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in the Estonian junior Otepaeae. There she won the gold medal in the 15 km pursuit race. In the season 2011/12 they started with the season as runner-up with a good podium in Sjusjøen. A little later missed Østberg a single podium finish in Rogla in fourth just barely. At the Tour de Ski 2011/2012 they also launched successfully and finished at the end of the 15th place in the Tour standings. In the following season started the Norwegian successful again. So they landed in Quebec and Canmore in the top ten. On January 13, 2013, it celebrated in the team sprint in Liberec Maiken Caspersen Falla, together with their first World Cup victory. In the following Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme she missed a first world championship medal in fourth in the team sprint just barely. In the sprint Østberg came as no rank 17 out.
Once again a great success celebrated Østberg for Season 2013 / 14th She won in December in Lenzerheide a stage of the Tour de Ski. Also in Dobbiaco they stood after the victory in the qualification also in the sprint races later as third on the podium. Then she traveled as a Medaillenfavoritin to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Having only just walked by in the sprint to victory and won the silver medal she secured in the team sprint with Marit Bjørgen the gold medal.
In addition to cross-country skiing Østberg plays football in the second Norwegian League ( 1 Divisjon ) at Gjøvik FK.
Achievements
World Cup wins
Appearances and World Cup victories ( in bold) and stage wins in stage races, which are not counted as official World Cup victories.
- NO = Nordic Opening
- TdS = Tour de Ski
- WF = World Cup Final
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