Johannes Høsflot Klæbo

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL.[3] He holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, a World Championship event and an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.[4][5][6][7]

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Klæbo during a medal ceremony at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019
CountryNorway
Born (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996
Oslo, Norway
Height183.5 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Ski clubByåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons2016–
Individual wins37
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums50
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts77
Team starts4
Overall titles2 – (2018, 2019)
Discipline titles7 – (4 SP, 3 U23)
Updated on 14 March 2020.

During the 2019–2020 World Cup season, Klæbo became the most successful male sprinter in World Cup history in terms of individual race victories, and set a new record for the most overall sprint titles, with 4.[8] He is currently the third most successful male overall race winner in the competition's history.[9][10]

Klæbo won three gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in his debut Olympic appearance.[11][12]

Athletic career

2015–16: World Cup debut

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.[13]

2016–17: Breakthrough season

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.[14] 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.[15] He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland, winning a bronze medal at the Men's sprint competition.[16] 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.

2017–18: Olympic success and World Cup overall

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.[17] He made his Olympic debut by finishing 10th in the men's skiathlon event.[18] 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.[19] He skied the last leg on the Norwegian teams that won both the 4 × 10 kilometre relay and the men's team sprint.[20][21] 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.[22][23] With three gold medals, he tied with French biathlete Martin Fourcade for most gold medals won in the games.[24]

Klæbo won the overall 2017–18 World Cup with a gap of 119 points down to Dario Cologna, making him the youngest ever winner of the World Cup.[25] He also beat the record for the most sprint victories in a single World Cup season, with 7 wins.[26]

2018–19: Tour de Ski, World Championships, and second World Cup overall

Klæbo won the 2018–19 Tour de Ski in his first appearance in the Tour. 22 years and 76 days old, he became the youngest skier to win the overall Tour de Ski.[27]

Klæbo won three gold medals at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria. He started the championships with a World Championship title in the individual sprint. By winning the sprint, Klæbo became the youngest male winner of a World Championship race in cross-country skiing.[28] He finished 30th in the skiathlon after not keeping up at the classic part of the race. The result at the skiatlon made Klæbo give away his spot at the 15 kilometre classic to Sjur Røthe. Together with Emil Iversen, Klæbo won the team sprint after beating Russia's Alexander Bolshunov in the last stages of the final leg. On 1 March, Klæbo raced the 4th leg on Norway's team who won the 4 × 10 kilometre relay on the second-to-last event of the championships.

Klæbo won the overall 2018-19 World Cup[29] and extended his own record of most sprint victories in a single World Cup season, with 8 wins.[30] He also leveled Emil Jönsson's all-time World Cup record of most sprint victories, with 16 wins, and tied with Emil Jönsson and Ola Vigen Hattestad for the most overall sprint titles, with 3.[31]

2019–20: Hand injury and fourth World Cup sprint title

After a shorter season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,[32][33][34] as well as a hand injury resulting in a short absence from competing,[35][36] Klæbo placed second overall in the 2019–20 World Cup.[37] He also placed third in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski[38] and achieved his best end-of-season ranking in the distance discipline, placing sixth.[39] Klæbo also won his fourth overall sprint title, thereby setting the record for most overall sprint titles in history.[40] He also overtook Emil Jönsson's all-time World Cup record of most individual sprint victories, extending his own record to 24.[41]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[42]

Olympic Games
  • 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—GoldGoldGold

World Championships
  • 4 medals – (3 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20172015——Bronze—4
201922—30—GoldGoldGold

World Cup

Season titles
  • 9 titles – (2 overall, 4 sprint, 3 U23)
Season
Discipline
2017Sprint
U23
2018Overall
Sprint
U23
2019Overall
Sprint
U23
2020Sprint

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 Ski Tour
2020		 World Cup
Final
201619110—6812——N/AN/A
201720429—N/A
2018217—N/A25
201922914N/A
2020236N/A6N/A

Individual podiums
  • 37 victories – (21 WC, 16 SWC)
  • 50 podiums – (31 WC, 19 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12016–1726 November 2016 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
22–4 December 2016 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
314 January 2017 Toblach, Italy1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
418 February 2017 Otepää, Estonia1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
58 March 2017 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
618 March 2017 Quebec City, Canada15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
717–19 March 2017 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
82017–1824 November 2017 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
925 November 2017 Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Individual CStage World Cup1st
1024–26 November 2017 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
112 December 2017 Lillehammer, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
123 December 2017 Lillehammer, Norway15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
139 December 2017   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1417 December 2017 Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup1st
1513 January 2018 Dresden, Germany1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1620 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1721 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1827 January 2018 Seefeld, Austria1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
193 March 2018 Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
207 March 2018 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
2116 March 2018 Falun, Sweden1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
222018–1924 November 2018 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
2315 December 2018   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
2429 December 2018 Toblach, Italy1.3 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
251 January 2019   Val Müstair, Switzerland1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
263 January 2019 Oberstdorf, Germany15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
275 January 2019 Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
2829 December 2018
– 6 January 2019		 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
2919 January 2019 Otepää, Estonia1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
309 February 2019 Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
3112 March 2019 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
3216 March 2019 Falun, Sweden1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
3322 March 2019  Quebec City, Canada1.6 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
3423 March 2019  Quebec City, Canada15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
3524 March 2019  World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
362019–2029 November 2019 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
3730 November 2019 Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Individual CStage World Cup2nd
3829 November
– 1 December 2019		 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
3914 December 2019   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
4028 December 2019   Lenzerheide, Switzerland15 km Mass Start FStage World Cup2nd
4129 December 2019   Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
423 January 2020   Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
434 January 2020   Val di Fiemme, Italy1.5 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
4428 December 2019
– 5 January 2020		 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
4519 January 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup2nd
4626 January 2020 Oberstdorf, Germany1.6 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
4718 February 2020 Åre, Sweden0.7 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
4820 February 2020 Meråker, Norway34 km Mass Start FStage World Cup2nd
4922 February 2020 Trondheim, Norway1.5 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
504 March 2020 Konnerud, Norway1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st

Team podiums
  • 2 victories – (1 RL, 1 TS)
  • 2 podiums – (1 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
12018–1910 February 2019 Lahti, Finland6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stIversen
22019–201 March 2020 Lahti, Finland4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stGolberg / Holund / Røthe

Personal life

Klæbo was 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. Klæbo is very close to his family and spends a lot of time with them.[43] His father, Haakon Klæbo, is his manager and his grandfather, Kåre Høsflot, is his coach.[44]

Outside sports, Klæbo and his younger brother, Ola, run a YouTube channel where they upload weekly vlogs about Klæbo's everyday life as an athlete. He started his channel because he wanted people to see what cross-country skiers do outside competitions and off-season. His siblings help him out by editing and translating the videos. As of October 2019, Klæbo has over 102,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, and totals over 12 million views from over 100 videos.[45]

He was previously part of Norway's elite sprint team. As of mid 2019, he is part of Norway's men's elite allround team.[46]

Klæbo was given a non-custodial prison sentence of 16 days and a fine of NOK 10,000 by Sør-Trøndelag district court on 5 March 2019, following a road traffic accident on 12 December 2018, where he collided with a stationary car at a pedestrian crossing.[47]

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