Johannes Høsflot Klæbo

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Country Norway Norway
Born (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996
Trondheim, Norway
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski club Byåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons 2016–
Individual wins 14
Indiv. podiums 21
Overall titles 1 – (2017/18)
Discipline titles 4 – (2 SP, 2 U23)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Championships 0 0 1
Total 3 0 1
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangIndividual sprint
2018 Pyeongchang4 x 10 km relay
2018 PyeongchangTeam sprint
World Championships
2017 LahtiIndividual sprint
Junior World Championships
2016 RâsnovIndividual sprint
2016 Râsnov10 km classical
2016 Râsnov4 × 5 km relay
2015 AlmatyIndividual sprint
2015 Almaty4 × 5 km relay
Updated on 7 March 2018.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL.[2] He won three gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in his debut Olympic appearance.[3][4]

Athletic career

Klæbo made his debut in the World Cup in the 2015–16 season in the classic sprint in Drammen, Norway on 3 February 2016. He finished 15th in the race.[5]

In the following 2016–17 season, Klæbo achieved his first World Cup podium after finishing third in the classic sprint in Ruka, Finland on 26 November 2016.[6] Later in the 2016–17 season, on 18 February 2017, Klæbo got his first World Cup victory when he won the sprint freestyle in Otepää, Estonia.[7] He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland, winning a bronze medal at the Men's sprint competition.[8] On 17 March 2017 in Quebec City he won his first small crystal globe in the Sprint World Cup and also won the Helvetia U23 overall ranking after winning the end-of-season mini tour. He finished his second World Cup season with three victories.

Klæbo participated in his first Olympics at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Prior to the Olympics, he had nine victories in the 2017–18 World Cup.[9] He made his Olympic debut by finishing 10th in the men's skiathlon event.[10] On 13 February 2018 he became an Olympic champion after winning the men's sprint. This victory made him the youngest ever male to win an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.[11] He skied the last leg on the Norwegian teams that won both the 4 × 10 kilometre relay and the men's team sprint.[12][13] A steep hill on the Olympic course was dubbed “Klæbo-bakken” (“Klæbo hill”) by Norwegian media after Klæbo overtook his competitors several times in this climb throughout the games.[14][15] With three gold medals, he tied with French biathlete Martin Fourcade for most gold medals won in the games.[16]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[17]

Season titles

  • 5 titles – (1 overall, 2 sprint, 2 U23)
Season
Discipline
2017Sprint
U23
2018Overall
Sprint
U23

World Cup standings

 Season   Age  Season Standings Ski Tour Standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
201619110—6812——N/A—
201720429112—1N/A
20182117111—25N/A

Individual podiums

  • 14 victories – (10 WC, 4 SWC)
  • 21 podiums – (16 WC, 5 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12016–1726 November 2016Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
22–4 December 2016Norway Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
314 January 2017Italy Toblach, Italy1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
418 February 2017Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
58 March 2017Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
618 March 2017Canada Quebec City, Canada15 km C Mass StartStage World Cup1st
717–19 March 2017Canada World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
82017–1824 November 2017Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
925 November 2017Finland Kuusamo, Finland15 km C IndividualStage World Cup1st
1024–26 November 2017Finland Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
112 December 2017Norway Lillehammer, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
123 December 2017Norway Lillehammer, Norway15 km + 15 km C/F SkiathlonWorld Cup1st
139 December 2017Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1417 December 2017Italy Toblach, Italy15 km C PursuitWorld Cup1st
1513 January 2018Germany Dresden, Germany1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1620 January 2018Slovenia Planica, Slovenia1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1721 January 2018Slovenia Planica, Slovenia15 km C IndividualWorld Cup2nd
1827 January 2018Austria Seefeld, Austria1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
193 March 2018Finland Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
207 March 2018Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
2116 March 2018Sweden Falun, Sweden1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st

World Championship results

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20172015——3—4

Olympic results

  • 3 medals – (3 gold)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201821—10—111

Personal life

Johannes is born in Oslo, the capital of Norway. He lived there until he was five years old, before he and his family moved to Trondheim. He grew up there and still lives there today. Johannes is very close to his family and spends a lot of time with them.[18] His father, Haakon, is his manager and his grandfather, Kåre, is his coach.[19]

Outside sports Johannes runs a YouTube channel where he uploads weekly videoblogs. He films his everyday life as an athlete. He started doing this because he wanted people to see what cross-country skiers do outside the competitions and the season. His siblings help him out by editing and translating the videos. As of May 2018, Johannes has about 65,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, and around 75 videos.[20]

He is a part of Norway's elite sprint team.

References

  1. ↑ PyeongChang 2018 - The Norwegian Team – Athletes – Cross Country. Olympiatoppen. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot". FIS. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Klæbo heads home from a 'golden OL'". www.newsinenglish.no. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "KLÆBO Johannes Høsflot". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot – Results – 2016". FIS. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Reservene herjet i Ruka: – Dette betyr mye". NRK (in Norwegian). 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Overlegen Klæbo knuste alle og vant sprinten: – En nytelse å se på". NRK (in Norwegian). 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Men's sprint results Lahti 2017
  9. ↑ "KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot – Results – 2018". FIS. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot – Results – 2018". FIS. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Tidenes yngste vinner av OL-gull". www.langrenn.com (in Norwegian). 2018-02-13. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Klæbo sikret stafettgull etter utrolig rykk". NRK (in Norwegian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Klæbo lurte konkurrentene og sikret OL-gull på lagsprinten". NRK (in Norwegian). 2018-02-28. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Slik opplevde mamma og morfar Klæbos gulløp". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Klæbo lurte konkurrentene og sikret OL-gull på lagsprinten". NRK (in Norwegian). 2018-02-28. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Multi-medallists". PyeongChang 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "Athlete : KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Markets sponser Johannes H. Klæbo" [Markets sponsors Johannes H. Klæbo]. Sparebank 1 Markets. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  19. ↑ Skjerdingstad, Anders (19 March 2017). "Slik ble han millionær og superstjerne" [How he became a millionaire and superstar]. NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  20. ↑ Sundberg, Charlotte Ø.; Andersen, Robin (11 May 2018). "Klæbo kjedet seg på hotellrommet. Da fikk han en smart idé" [Klæbo was bored in the hotel room. Then he got a clever idea.]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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