Tor Arne Hetland

Tor Arne Hetland
Tor Arne Hetland (right) and Jens Arne Svartedal
Born (1974-01-12) January 12, 1974
World Cup career
Individual wins 13
Indiv. podiums 34
Overall titles 0 – (3rd in 2005 and 2006)
Discipline titles 1 – (1 SP)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 3 1 1
Total 4 2 1
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityIndividual sprint
2006 TurinTeam sprint, classical
World Championships
2001 Lahti Individual sprint
2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km
2005 Oberstdorf Team sprint
2005 OberstdorfIndividual sprint
2003 Val di Fiemme Individual sprint

Tor Arne Hetland (born 12 January 1974) is a Norwegian cross-country skiing coach and a former professional cross-country skier.

Hetland was born in Stavanger. He now lives in Trondheim. While active he represented Byåsen IL ski club. He was coached by Ulf Morten Aune. Hetland is 6 ft 2 in and 12 st 10 lb (178 lb).

World Cup

Hetland began his career in 1990, but only started competing in the World Cup in 1996/97, where he finished 11th in the long distance standings and 46th in the sprint, finishing 30th in the overall standings. [1]The year after he did much worse, coming 42nd in the long distance, and 78th in the sprint, finishing 62nd overall. For the next three seasons he improved his overall standing and became a main contender in the sprint. In 1998/99 he came 2nd in the sprints, and 23rd in the overall, in 1999/2000 he came 4th in the sprints but had a better long distance season than the one before, and in 2000/01 he came 3rd in the sprints and 12th overall. In 2001/02 he came 13th in the overall standing, whilst finishing the sprint in 6th, and in 2003/04 he came 4th in the sprint, and claimed his first distance points, coming in 37th, and 14th in the overall. The season after, 2004/05 was Hetland's most successful year to date, winning the sprint title, and coming 3rd in the overall standings.

Hetland finished the 2005/06 FIS World Cup season in third place, 259 points behind Tobias Angerer, and 7 points behind fellow countryman Jens Arne Svartedal. He finished third in the sprints, 163 points behind Björn Lind, and 20 points behind Thobias Fredriksson. He was 20th in the distance standings, 632 points behind Angerer.

Hetland has had 23 podium finishes in his World Cup career, 10 in first place, 10 in second place and 3 in third place. He has podiumed at least once every year since 1996/97, except for 1997/98 and 1999/2000. The most podium finishes he has had in one season was in 2004/05 when he had five. He had four in 2005/06 and three for three consecutive seasons from 2000/01. Of his 23 podium finishes all but three have come in sprints. His first non sprint podium was in 1996/97, when he came second in a 50 km race. In 2000/01 he came third in a 15 km race and on 19 November 2005 he won his first distance race (15 km) in Beitostølen, Norway. The victory on this particular course was no great shock as the Beitostølen track is very flat as the tracks on the cross country circuit goes, and when taken into consideration that the Norwegian athletes, much like the larger teams like the Germans, and Russians, are expected to be in near top condition at the beginning of the season so as to secure team selection. His victory in the sprint event in Vernon, Canada on 12 December 2005, was his 100th career race.

World Championships and Olympics

Hetland has three World championship gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Three of his medals (one gold, silver and bronze) were won in the sprint event, his gold came at Lahti in 2001. His silver came at Oberstdorf in 2005 and his bronze at Val di Fiemme in 2003. In 2001 he won a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay, and his other gold medal came in the team sprint in Oberstdorf, which he won with Tore Ruud Hofstad. He has one gold medal and one silver medal from the Winter Olympics. He won the gold in the individual sprint event in 2002 in Salt Lake City, but did not do as well in Pragelato in the 2006 Winter Olympics, coming 10th in the individual sprint. He won his silver in the team sprint in 2006.

Retirement

Hetland announced his retirement the week of 27 April 2009 to a lingering knee injury and asthma. He stated that he "...[felt]... like I am quitting like I am top".

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Season titles

  • 1 title – (1 sprint)
Season
Discipline
2005Sprint

Individual podiums

  • 13 victories (11 WC, 2 SWC)
  • 35 podiums (30 WC, 5 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
11995–964 February 1996Germany Reit im Winkl, Germany1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
2 1996–97 15 March 1997Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
31998–9927 December 1998Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
428 December 1998 Switzerland  Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
5 2000–01 8 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
628 December 2000 Switzerland  Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
729 December 2000 Switzerland  Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
8 2001–02 9 December 2001Italy Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
927 December 2001Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1029 December 2001Austria Salzburg, Austria1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
11 2002–03 26 October 2002Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
1211 December 2002Italy Clusone, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1315 December 2002Italy Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
14 2003–04 26 February 2004Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
15 2004–05 23 October 2004Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
164 December 2004 Switzerland  Bern, Switzerland1.35 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1714 December 2004Italy Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
185 March 2005Finland Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
199 March 2005Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
20 2005–06 22 October 2004Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
2119 November 2005Norway Beitostølen, Norway15 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
2211 December 2005Canada Vernon, Canada1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
238 January 2006Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
24 2006–07 28 October 2006Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2525 November 2006Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
2613 December 2006Italy Cogne, Italy15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
285 January 2007Italy Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
2815 February 2007China Changchun, China1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
292007–0815 December 2007Russia Rybinsk, Russia30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
3030 December 2007Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic1.0 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
314 January 2008Italy Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
32 2008–09 29 November 2008Finland Kuusamo, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
3320 December 2008Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3429 December 2008Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic1.3 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
3520 December 2008Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 12 victories – (8 RL, 4 TS)
  • 24 podiums – (15 RL, 9 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
11995–9617 March 1996Norway Oslo, Norway4 x 5 km Relay FWorld Cup1stBjonviken / Estil / Andersen
2 1997–98 10 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 x 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndTorseth
3 1998–99 29 November 1998Finland Muonio, Finland4 x 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndBjørndalen / Skjeldal / Dæhlie
420 December 1998Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stBjervig / Jevne / Dæhlie
510 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdHjelmeset / Jevne / Jermstad
6 1999–00 28 November 1999Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndBjervig / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
72000–0126 November 2000Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stBjonviken / Hjelmeset / Skjeldal
89 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 x 5 km Relay MWorld Cup1stEstil / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
92001–0227 November 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stHjelmeset / Jevne / Bjerkeli
1016 December 2001Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdEstil / Jevne / Alsgaard
11 2002–03 24 November 2002Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndSkjeldal / Aukland / Alsgaard
12 2003–04 26 October 2003Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdBjerkeli
137 December 2003Italy Toblach, Italy6 x 1.2 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjerkeli
1414 December 2003Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stAukland / Estil / Skjeldal
152004–0524 October 2004Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjerkeli
165 December 2004Switzerland Bern, Switzerland6 x 1.1 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndSvartedal
1715 December 2004Italy Asiago, Italy6 x 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stSvartedal
18 2005–06 23 October 2005Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdRønning
1920 November 2005Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdRønning / Svartedal / Hofstad
20 2006–07 17 December 2006France La Clusaz, France4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndRønning / Bjørndalen / Northug
21 2007–08 28 October 2007Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndKjølstad
2225 November 2007Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSundby / Svartedal / Hofstad
232008–097 December 2008France La Clusaz, France4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSundby / Gjerdalen / Northug
2421 December 2008Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stHattestad

Personal life

Hetland's parents are farmers in Helleland in Eigersund municipality in southwestern Norway.

In August 2004 he married Guri Knotten, his partner of ten years.

He is the only athlete from the county of Rogaland who have won a Winter Olympic Gold Medal.

He speaks Norwegian, English, and German, and enjoys telemark skiing, golf, rock climbing, hiking, football, watching television, and is a certified scuba diver.

References

  1. 1 2 "HETLAND Tor Arne". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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