Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2002

The 35th Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2002 took place from January 20th to 27th, 2002 in Schonach, Baden-Württemberg in the Black Forest . After 1971 ( Nesselwang ), 1981 (also Schonach) and 1991 ( Reit im Winkl ), Germany was the organizer of this most important junior competition in Nordic skiing for the fourth time and Schonach itself for the second time.

The most successful nation of the competitions were the host Germans with three gold and one silver medals, ahead of Finland with three gold and two bronze medals and France with one gold and two silver medals.

Competition venues

The ski jumping competitions and the Nordic Combined jumping were held on the Langenwaldschanze . The cross-country skiing competitions of the specialists and the combiners took place on the trails in the area.

Cross-country juniors

1 km sprint

space	athlete	country
1	Johannes Bredl	Germany
2	Ulrich Eger	Austria
3	Fredrik Byström	Sweden
4th	Ivan Alypov	Russia
5	Yevgeny Dementiev	Russia
6th	Martin Stockinger	Austria
7th	Taro Koizumi	Japan
8th	Andrew Newell	United States
9	Mirco Rigoni	Italy
10	Toni Lang	Germany
...
17th	Erik Schneider	Germany
39	Johann Eder	Austria
40	Franz Goering	Germany
51	Martin Mesotitsch	Austria
57	Rafael Ratti	Switzerland
60	Marco Mühlematter	Switzerland
64	Valerio Leccardi	Switzerland

Date: January 26, 2002

10 km freestyle

space	athlete	country	time
1	Kristian Horntvedt	Norway	29: 34.1 min
2	Johan Höök	Sweden	29: 37.8 min
3	Alexei Trussow	Russia	30: 07.6 min
4th	Federico Clementi	Italy	30: 21.2 min
5	Chris Jespersen	Norway	30: 37.5 min
6th	Matthias Nilsson	Sweden	30: 39.9 min
7th	Toni Lang	Germany	30: 40.2 min
8th	Matti Heikkinen	Finland	30: 42.7 min
9	Nejc Brodar	Slovenia	30: 52.1 min
10	Nikolai Chebotko	Kazakhstan	30: 52.4 min
...
12	Toni Livers	Switzerland	31: 03.3 min
14th	Kai Bochert	Germany	31: 03.8 min
16	Tom Reichelt	Germany	31: 09.9 min
19th	Franz Goering	Germany	31: 21.0 min
25th	Rafael Ratti	Switzerland	31: 42.7 min
36	Pascal grave	Switzerland	32: 09.6 min
51	Martin Mesotitsch	Austria	32: 37.6 min
65	Valerio Leccardi	Switzerland	33: 27.4 min

Date: January 24, 2002

30 km classic

space	athlete	country	time
1	Aivar Rehemaa	Estonia	1: 27: 50.2 h
2	Maxim Bulgakov	Russia	1:28; 13.5 h
3	Eivind Juul Pedersen	Norway	1: 29: 21.1 h
4th	Eldar Rønning	Norway	1: 29: 39.2 h
5	Nikolai Chebotko	Kazakhstan	1: 29: 45.2 h
6th	Jonas Austmo Kolstad	Norway	1: 29: 48.5 h
7th	Kristian Horntvedt	Norway	1: 29: 57.9 h
8th	Benjamin Seifert	Germany	1: 30: 08.6 h
9	Johan Höök	Sweden	1: 30: 15.6 h
10	Anthony Marguet	France	1: 31: 19.1 h
...
13	Rafael Ratti	Switzerland	1: 32: 03.5 h
15th	Kai Bochert	Germany	1: 32: 21.2 h
16	Toni Livers	Switzerland	1: 32: 24.3 hours
17th	Ulrich Eger	Austria	1: 32: 43.3 h
25th	Johann Eder	Austria	1: 33: 19.6 h
26th	Tom Reichelt	Germany	1: 33: 42.6 h
31	Marco Mühlematter	Switzerland	1: 34: 29.3 h
52	Erik Schneider	Germany	1: 38: 11.2 h
31	Pascal grave	Switzerland	1: 39: 44.4 h

Date: January 22, 2002

4 × 10 km relay

The relay race of the juniors, which was scheduled for January 27, 2002, fell victim to the weather conditions.

Cross-country juniors

1 km sprint

space	athlete	country
1	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland
2	Nicole Fessel	Germany
3	Kjersti Nordberg	Norway
4th	Riikka Sarasoja	Finland
5	Marion Barnet	France
6th	Kirsi Perälä	Finland
7th	Barbara Feichtner	Austria
8th	Irina Efanova	Russia
9	Aurelie Jäggy	France
10	Britta Norgren	Sweden
...
18th	Katrin Höfler	Germany
31	Doris Trachsel	Switzerland
39	Nicole Kunz	Switzerland
40	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland
44	Isabella Wechselberger	Austria
46	Jana Hönig	Germany
53	Katrin Weeger	Germany
59	Seraina Boner	Switzerland

Date: January 26, 2002

5 km freestyle

space	athlete	country	time
1	Élodie Bourgeois Pin	France	16: 15.1 min
2	Cécile Storti	France	16: 42.6 min
3	Irina Terentjeva	Lithuania	16: 48.9 min
4th	Nicole Kunz	Switzerland	16: 49.3 min
5	Marina Butakova	Russia	16: 51.9 min
6th	Kristina Trygstad-Saari	United States	16: 53.5 min
7th	Emilie Vina	France	16: 56.9 min
8th	Doris Trachsel	Switzerland	16: 58.0 min
9	Silvia Rupil	Italy	16: 58.1 min
10	Hanna Forsberg	Sweden	17: 00.0 min
...
17th	Nicole Fessel	Germany	17: 04.8 min
18th	Antje Mämel	Germany	17:08.2 min
26th	Stefanie Wunderle	Germany	17: 23.0 min
28	Julia Swieder	Germany	17: 26.7 min
32	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	17: 33.0 min
45	Ursina Badilatti	Switzerland	17: 49.8 min
51	Marlene Kendler	Austria	18: 07.1 min
63	Barbara Feichtner	Austria	18: 41.7 min
68	Isabelle Wechselberger	Austria	19: 25.4 min

Date: January 24, 2002

15 km classic

space	athlete	country	time
1	Yevgenia Kravtsova	Russia	44: 00.0 min
2	Ellen Sandbakken	Norway	44: 04.2 min
3	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	44: 05.0 min
4th	Élodie Bourgeois Pin	France	44: 26.4 min
5	Sanna Pulkkinen	Finland	44: 39.4 min
6th	Emilie Vina	France	44: 45.4 min
7th	Riikka Sarasoja	Finland	44: 55.3 min
8th	Caroline Weibel	France	45: 04.0 min
9	Merethe Braathen	Norway	45: 19.6 min
10	Daria Starostina	Kazakhstan	45: 37.4 min
...
20th	Katrin Weeger	Germany	46: 42.2 min
22nd	Nicole Kunz	Switzerland	46: 53.7 min
23	Ursina Badilatti	Switzerland	46: 53.9 min
25th	Seraina Boner	Switzerland	47: 16.8 min
28	Doris Trachsel	Switzerland	47: 29.7 min
29	Antje Mämel	Germany	47: 34.5 min
30th	Katrin Höfler	Germany	47: 36.7 min
36	Kristina Bertl	Austria	48: 48.7 min
36	Marlene Kendler	Austria	49: 23.8 min
47	Jana Hönig	Germany	50: 23.6 min

Date: January 22, 2002

4 × 5 km relay

The relay race for the juniors, which was scheduled for January 27, 2002, fell victim to the weather conditions.

Nordic combined juniors

Sprint (normal hill K 90/5 km)

The sprint competition, which was scheduled for January 27, 2002, fell victim to the weather conditions.

Gundersen (normal hill K 90/10 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Björn Kircheisen	Germany	30: 54.2 min.
2	Alex luck	United States	33: 08.7 min.
3	Nathan Gerhart	United States	33: 13.8 min.
4th	Jan Schmid	Switzerland	33: 16.6 min.
5	Sébastien Lacroix	France	33: 18.5 min.
6th	Mathieu Martinez	France	33: 22.9 min.
7th	Petter Tande	Norway	33: 29.3 min.
8th	Seppi Hurschler	Switzerland	33: 37.3 min.
9	Tino Edelmann	Germany	33: 47.5 min.
10	Jo-Wesche Fossheim	Norway	34: 02.9 min.
...
12	Michael Palli	Austria	34: 42.7 min.
15th	Christian Beetz	Germany	34: 15.8
23	Florian Aichinger	Austria	35: 36.7
26th	Guido Scheiber	Switzerland	36: 07.0
33	Christoph Menz	Germany	37: 19.2
35	Tobias Gantenbein	Switzerland	37: 38.6
38	Michael Hollenstein	Switzerland	37: 51.0

Date: January 23, 2002

Team (normal hill K90 / 4x5 km)

space	athlete	country
1	Florian Schillinger Tino Edelmann Christian Beetz Björn Kircheisen	Germany
2	Maxime Laheurte Mathieu Martinez François Braud Sébastien Lacroix	France
3	Jo-Wesche Fossheim Magnus Moan Mathias Oestvik Petter Tande	Norway
4th	Ethan Johnson Morgan Goodwin Alex Glück Nathan Gerhart	United States
5	Gregor Verbajs Anže Brankovic Andrej Jezeršek Marko Simić	Slovenia
6th	Junpei Aoki Yūsuke Minato Norihito Kobayashi Tomoyuki Usui	Japan
7th	Guido Scheiber Michael Palli Florian Aichinger Bernhard Gruber	Austria
8th	Petr Hlubuček Stanislav Petruzela Zdeněk Máka Jan Vodsedalek	Czech Republic
9	Raimo Kariniemi Jari Hiukka Ville Kähkönen Markus Laitinen	Finland
10	Thomas Engel Michael Hollenstein Tobias Gantenbein Seppi Hurschler	Switzerland

Date: January 25, 2002

Ski jumping juniors

Normal hill

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Janne Happonen	Finland	255.5
2	Daiki Itō	Japan	248.0
3	Kalle Keituri	Finland	245.0
4th	Rok Urbanc	Slovenia	243.5
5	Akseli Kokkonen	Finland	241.5
6th	Stefan Thurnbichler	Austria	241.0
7th	Clint Jones	United States	237.5
	Zvonko Kordež	Slovenia	237.5
9	Jan Mazoch	Czech Republic	227.0
10	Maximilian Mechler	Germany	225.5
...
12	Manuel Fettner	Austria	217.0
19th	Balthasar Schneider	Austria	202.2
22nd	Mario Kürschner	Germany	200.0
26th	Antoine Guignard	Switzerland	186.0
	Christian Nagiller	Austria	186.0
36	Julian Musiol	Germany	167.0
39	Christoph Höss	Switzerland	165.5
46	Pascal Schönenberger	Switzerland	160.0
58	Heiri Kälin	Switzerland	084.0

Date: January 26, 2002

Team jumping normal hill

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Janne Happonen Harri Olli Arttu Lappi Akseli Kokkonen	Finland	953.0
2	Balthasar Schneider Christoph Strickner Christian Nagiller Manuel Fettner	Austria	924.0
3	Bine Zupan Zvonko Kordež Rok Benkovič Jaka Oblak	Slovenia	851.0
4th		Germany	850.5
5		Japan	766.5
6th		Norway	765.5
7th		United States	763.5
8th		France	705.5
9		Sweden	703.0
10		Canada	639.5
11		Switzerland	638.5

Date: January 24, 2002

Nations ranking

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	3	1	0	4th
2	Finland	3	0	2	5
3	France	1	2	0	3
4th	Norway	1	1	3	5
5	Russia	1	1	1	3
6th	Estonia	1	0	0	1
7th	Austria	0	2	0	2
8th	Sweden	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
10	Japan	0	1	0	1
11	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results on the FIS website: cross-country skiing , ski jumping , Nordic combined , all accessed on August 1, 2019.