Ola Vigen Hattestad

Ola Vigen Hattestad ( born April 19, 1982 in Askim ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier.

Career

Ola Vigen Hattestad lives in Ørje and starts for the local club Ørje IL. He ran for the first time in December 2001 in international races. He first started at FIS races and in the Continental Cup. The sprint specialist debuted late in the season 2002/ 03 in the Cross Country World Cup, but he could not even qualify than 34 qualifying for the finals. By 2005, world cup inserts were only sporadically. In the Norwegian championships of the year he was fifth Sprint. A little later Hattestad won in Reit im Winkl also as a Fifth -placed first points in the World Cup. A short time later he arrived in Gothenburg as a third party a first podium finish. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin became the first major event of the Norwegian. For races in Pragelato Plan, he reached ninth. In 2007 he had to just admit defeat at the Norwegian Championships Trond Iversen. The upward trend continued with the first winning a World Cup sprint in Changchun. 2008, a second World Cup victory and the initial title win followed at the Norwegian championships in the sprint. After Hattestad was in 2005 and 2007, finished ninth overall in the Sprint Cup, he could win in 2008. He also reached in the 2007/ 08 season in addition to his second World Cup victory four more podium finishes.

The 2008/09 season became the most successful season of his career. Hattestad was able to win the first Sprint World Cup of the season in Kuusamo, which was held in the classical technique for themselves. Two weeks later he won the second sprint World Cup of the season in Davos. This time he triumphed in the free technique. On 20 December 2008, he also won the third Sprint World Cup of the season in Dusseldorf and took over with this victory and the lead in the overall World Cup. After he had renounced participation in the Tour de Ski, he won the World Cup in Vancouver ranked second behind the Swede Emil Jönsson. Two weeks later triumphed at the World Cup in Hattestad Otepaeae and thus extended his lead in the Sprint Cup continues. In the subsequent sprint in Rybinsk Hattestad was also one of the favorites. However, at temperatures of -17 ° C, the entire Norwegian team decided on a start. The last World Cup before the Nordic World Ski Championships was held in the Italian Valdidentro. Hattestad could decide this race for himself. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, he won the gold medal in the sprint competition, which was held in the free technique and together with Johan Kjølstad the world title in the team sprint in the classical technique. After the World Cup, the last World Cup of the season were on the program. In Lahti Hattestad placed in second on the podium again. With this result he secured as in the year before the victory in the Sprint Cup. During the sprint in Trondheim is Hattestad secured the sixth win of the season. He preserved the opportunity to finalize the overall World Cup in third place. At the World Cup in Stockholm, he reached the 7th place, which meant the worst result of the season in a sprint for him.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Hattestad just missed his first Olympic medal in fourth in the sprint. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season he shared with other Gløersen succeeded in Team Sprint Dusseldorf from his second World Cup victory in this discipline. In January, he also in Liberec celebrated a new victory in the sprint. Also in the team sprint, he dominated clearly and celebrated with Johan Kjølstad his third team sprint World Cup victory.

In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, he won the silver medal in the team sprint. Also in the season 2011/ 12 started Hattestad with a sprint victory in Dusseldorf. It remained for some time in the World Cup his last single victory. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme he missed ninth in the sprint a new world championship medal.

For the 2013/14 season succeeded Hattestad in Dobbiaco again to dominate the competition. After he was able to win the qualification, he also reached the sprint World Cup itself again a victory. In the following 2014 Winter Olympics Hattestad convinced the sprint again and secured his first Olympic success. Another medal he just missed out in fourth place in the team sprint.

Achievements

World Cup wins

1 Tor Arne Hetland with 2 with Anders Gløersen 3 with Johan Kjølstad 4 with Eldar Rønning

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
Winter Olympic Games Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2008–09 Tour de Ski FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 Fiemme Valley 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finland Italy List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Thobias Fredriksson Jens Arne Svartedal Marcus Hellner Renato Pasini Cristian Zorzi Devon Kershaw Alexei Petukhov
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