Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

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Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
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Full name Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Born (1971-12-06) December 6, 1971 (age 52)
Nordfjordeid, Norway
Ski club Fjellhug/Vereide IL
World Cup career
Seasons 1993-2011
Individual wins 8
Indiv. podiums 18
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 4x10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 50 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lahti 4 x 10 km
Gold medal – first place 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 10 km
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo 50 km
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo 4 x 10 km
Gold medal – first place 2009 Liberec 4 x 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Ramsau 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lahti 15 km
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf 50 km

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 6, 1971 in Nordfjordeid) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2011.

A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won eight medals (all in the classical style). This includes five gold medals (50 km: 2007, 4 x 10 km relay: 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009) and three bronze medals (1999: 10 km, 2001: 15 km, and 2005: 50 km).

Hjelmeset has also competed on the national level in athletics, and won the bronze medal at the Norwegian championships in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 1996 and 1999.[1]

The 2007 season was Hjelmeset's best. He won two gold medals at the World Championships in Sapporo, then a World Cup race in Lahti, before winning the 50 km individual start in Holmenkollen where he had won the sprint event in 2000. Hjelmeset was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 2007 (Shared with Frode Estil, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja).

He retired after he failed to qualify for the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.

Notes

  1. ↑ Norwegian championships in 3000 metre steeplechase (Norwegian)

References

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