Tore Ruud Hofstad

Tore Ruud Hofstad
Tore Ruud Hofstad in 2005
Born (1979-08-09) August 9, 1979
Eidsvoll, Norway
Ski club Lillehammer Skiklub
World Cup career
Seasons 2000–2009
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 4
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
2003 Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km
2005 OberstdorfTeam sprint
2005 Oberstdorf4 × 10 km
2009 Liberec4 × 10 km
2003 Val di Fiemme10 km + 10 km double pursuit
2005 Oberstdorf15 km

Tore Ruud Hofstad (born 9 August 1979) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1998 to 2010. A freestyle specialist, Hofstad is best noted as a member of the Norwegian relay team during three successful FIS Nordic World Ski Championship campaigns. In total, he won six medals in the World Ski Championships: four golds (Team sprint: 2005, 4 × 10 km: 2003, 2005, 2009), one silver (Individual sprint: 2003), and one bronze (15 km: 2005).

Hofstad has eight individual victories from 2001 to 2005 and presently skis for Lillehammer SK. He suffered long term illness that kept him out for the entire 2008 season, which was diognised as TWAR.

In 2009 he was part of the record-setting Norwegian relay team which won the men's 4 × 10 kilometer relay for a record fifth consecutive time. Hofstad expressed joy in being able to prove his doubters wrong, after he had performed well, gaining over ten seconds on Germany's Franz Göring.

Hofstad announced his retirement from professional cross-country skiing in July 2010.[1]

Hofstad announced he will be launching a comeback attempt in 2012.[2]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 4 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2001–02 2 March 2002Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
2 2003–04 22 November 2003Norway Beitostølen, Norway15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
32005–0627 November 2005Finland Kuusamo, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
4 2006–07 18 November 2006Sweden Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 5 victories
  • 10 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 2001–02 10 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdSvartedal / Jevne / Bjonviken
22002–0319 January 2003Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stAukland / Estil / Alsgaard
3 2003–04 23 November 2003Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndSvartedal / Hjelmeset / Berger
422 February 2004Sweden Umeå, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndHjelmeset / Estil / Skjeldal
52004–0512 December 2004Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSvartedal / Hjelmeset / Estil
620 March 2005Sweden Falun, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSvartedal / Hjelmeset / Skjeldal
7 2005–06 20 November 2005Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdRønning / Svartedal / Hetland
815 January 2006Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdHjelmeset / Svartedal / Gjerdalen
92007–0825 November 2007Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSundby / Svartedal / Hetland
102008–0923 November 2008Sweden Gällivare, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stSundby / Rønning / Northug

References

  1. ↑ "Tore Ruud Hofstad legger opp". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Ruud Hofstad gjør comeback på Beito". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Athlete : HOFSTAD Tore Ruud". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.


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