Ola Vigen Hattestad

Ola Vigen Hattestad
Born (1982-04-19) 19 April 1982
Askim, Østfold, Norway
Ski club Ørje IL
World Cup career
Seasons 2003-
Individual wins 13
Indiv. podiums 31
Overall titles 0 – (3rd in 2009)
Discipline titles 3 – (3 SP)
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Representing  Norway
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 2 1 1
Total 3 1 1
Olympic Games
2014 SochiIndividual sprint
World Championships
2009 LiberecIndividual sprint
2009 LiberecTeam sprint
2011 Holmenkollen Team sprint
2015 FalunIndividual sprint

Ola Vigen Hattestad (born 19 April 1982) is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. He is the most successful male cross country sprinter of all time.[1] Competing in three Winter Olympics, he became Olympic champion in the individual sprint event at Sochi in 2014.

Career

Hattestad has 13 individual World Cup victories, all in the sprint events.[2] He also won the 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2013–14 World Cup in the sprint discipline and finished third in the overall 2008–2009 world cup.

Hattestad won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships, earning them in the individual and team sprint events. Having ranked sixth in the qualifying round, Hattestad progressed through the quarter finals and semi finals by winning each round, eventually taking the title ahead of fellow Norwegian Johan Kjølstad. The subsequent day, the two of them teamed up for the team sprint and won another gold medal.

He was initially not qualified for the Norwegian team at the Sochi Olympics, but this changed before the opening individual sprint, where he emerged victorious after the fastest prologue, and winning the quarterfinal, semifinal and final.

On 3 May 2018, he announced his retirement from cross-country skiing.[3]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Season titles

  • 3 titles – (3 sprint)
Season
Discipline
2008Sprint
2009Sprint
2014Sprint

Individual podiums

  • 13 victories (13 WC)
  • 31 podiums (30 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2004–05 16 March 2005Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden1.1 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 2005–06 11 December 2005Canada Vernon, Canada1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
32006–0715 February 2007China Changchun, China1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
4 2007–08 16 December 2007Russia Rybinsk, Russia1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
523 January 2008Canada Canmore, Canada1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
610 February 2008Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
71 March 2008Finland Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
85 March 2008Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
92008–0929 November 2008Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1014 December 2008Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.7 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1120 December 2008Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1216 January 2009Canada Whistler, Canada1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
1325 January 2009Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1413 February 2009Italy Valdidentro, Italy1.7 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
157 March 2009Finland Lahti, Finland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1612 March 2009Norway Trondheim, Norge1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
172009–1028 November 2009Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1817 January 2010Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
192010–1115 January 2011Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
2023 January 2011Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
215 February 2011Russia Rybinsk, Russia1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
2216 March 2011Sweden Stockholm, Sweden1.0 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
232011–123 December 2011Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.7 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
2421 January 2012Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
2517 February 2012Poland Szklarska Poręba, Poland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
26 2012–13 9 March 2013Finland Lahti, Finland1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
272013–142 February 2014Italy Toblach, Italy1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
285 March 2014Norway Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
29 2014–15 11 March 2015Norway Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
30 2015–16 3 February 2016Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
3111 February 2016Sweden Stockholm, Sweden1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 4 victories – (4 TS)
  • 6 podiums – (6 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12008–0921 December 2008Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stHetland
22010–115 December 2010Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stGløersen
316 January 2011Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stKjølstad
4 2011–12 4 December 2011Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.7 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdGolberg
52013–1422 December 2013Italy Asiago, Italy6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stRønning
612 January 2014Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup3rdGolberg

References

  1. ↑ "Nå er Ola Vigen Hattestad tidenes mestvinnende sprinter" (in Norwegian). TV 2. March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Hattestad Ola Vigen". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Marthe Ihle (3 May 2018). "Ola Vigen Hattestad legger opp" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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