Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (2007)
nation	Norway
birthday	6th December 1971 (age 48)
place of birth	Sandane , Norway
Career
job	Sports official
society	Fjellhug / Vereide IL
status	resigned
End of career	March 10, 2012
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 1 × World Cup medals 5 × 0 × 3 × JWM medals 1 × 0 × 0 × National medals 9 × 3 × 4 ×
winter Olympics bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 50 km classic silver 2010 Vancouver Season  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1999 Ramsau 10 km classic bronze 2001 Lahti 15 km classic gold 2001 Lahti Season gold 2005 Oberstdorf Season bronze 2005 Oberstdorf 50 km classic gold 2007 Sapporo Season gold 2007 Sapporo 50 km classic gold 2009 Liberec Season  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 1991 Reit im Winkl Season  Norwegian championships gold 2000 Vang 30 km gold 2001 Steinkjer 10 km gold 2001 Steinkjer 15 km gold 2001 Steinkjer sprint bronze 2001 Steinkjer 50 km gold 2002 Vang 30 km silver 2002 Vang 15 km gold 2003 Molde 10 km gold 2003 Molde 15 km gold 2004 Bardufoss 15 km silver 2005 Lillehammer 50 km gold 2006 Kongsberg 15 km bronze 2006 Kongsberg Team sprint silver 2007 Meråker sprint bronze 2007 Meråker Skiathlon bronze 2010 Tolga sprint
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 13, 1993  World Cup victories in individual 8 ( details )  Overall World Cup 3. (1999/00)  Sprint World Cup 2. (1999/00)  Distance World Cup 3rd (2006/07)  Tour de Ski 22. ( 2007/08 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 4th 2 2  Distance races 4th 3 4th  Season 4th 3 2  Team sprint 0 0 1
last change: March 15, 2009

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 6, 1971 in Sandane , Norway ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . He was considered a specialist in the classic running style.

Career

Hjelmeset, who already attracted attention at the Junior World Championships in 1991 in Reit im Winkl by winning the Norwegian 4x10 kilometer relay, won bronze over 10 km classic at the 1999 World Championships , and at the 2001 World Cup classic bronze over 15 km and gold with the relay and gold with the relay at the 2005 World Cup .

By the end of the 2006/07 season he had eight World Cup victories, plus ten further podium places. In the 1999/2000 season Hjelmeset was third in the overall World Cup ranking. At the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo he won the gold medal in the 4x10 km relay together with Eldar Rønning , Lars Berger and Petter Northug and became world champion over 50 km classic.

In 2007 Hjelmeset was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal . He is also a successful athlete: at the Norwegian championships in 1996 and 1999 he came third in the 3000 meter obstacle course .

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Hjelmeset won the silver medal in the relay competition over 4 × 10 km together with Northug, Berger and Martin Johnsrud Sundby .

Hjelmset is the sports director of the Norwegian Biathlon Federation .

successes

winter Olympics

• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Bronze over 50 km

World championships

• 1999 in Ramsau : Bronze over 10 km
• 2001 in Lahti : gold with the relay, bronze over 15 km
• 2005 in Oberstdorf : gold with the relay, bronze over 50 km
• 2007 in Sapporo : Gold over 50 km, gold with the relay
• 2009 in Liberec : Gold with the relay

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	November 27, 1999	Kiruna	10 km classic individual start
2.	February 28, 2000	Stockholm	1 km sprint classic
3.	March 8, 2000	Oslo	1 km sprint classic
4th	November 25, 2000	Beitostølen	15 km classic individual start
5.	February 1, 2001	Asiago	1.5 km sprint classic
6th	January 22, 2006	Oberstdorf	1.2 km sprint classic
7th	March 11, 2007	Lahti	15 km classic individual start
8th.	March 17, 2007	Oslo	50 km classic individual start

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	January 5, 2008	Val di Fiemme	20 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2007/08

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 9, 2000	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay 1
2.	November 7, 2001	Kuopio	4 × 10 km relay 2
3.	December 12, 2004	Lake Tesero	4 × 10 km relay 3
4th	March 20, 2005	Falun	4 × 10 km relay 4
5.	March 25, 2007	Falun	4 × 10 km relay 5

¹With Tore Bjonviken , Kristen Skjeldal and Tor Arne Hetland .

²With Erling Jevne , Håvard Bjerkeli and Tor Arne Hetland.

³With Jens Arne Svartedal , Frode Estil and Tore Ruud Hofstad .

^4th With Jens Arne Svartedal, Kristen Skjeldal and Tore Ruud Hofstad.

⁵With Øystein Pettersen , Frode Estil and Petter Northug .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	March 19, 1993	Thunder Bay	10 km classic	Continental Cup
2.	4th February 1996	Sunne	10 km classic	Continental Cup
3.	February 16, 1997	Berkåk	30 km classic	Continental Cup

Victories in ski marathon races

• 1992 Birkebeinerrennet , 54 km classic
• 1995 Birkebeinerrennet , 54 km classic
• 2003 Birkebeinerrennet , 54 km classic

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1992/93	2	98	-	-	-	-
1993/94	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	6th	75.	-	-	-	-
1995/96	31	48.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	72	38.	22nd	34. 6	50	26th
1997/98	149	20th	129	11. 6	20th	47.
1998/99	246	17th	35	29 6	246	11.
1999/2000	586	3.	73 245	17. 6 5. 7	268	2.
2000/01	439	5.	-	-	136	13.
2001/02	171	25th	-	-	1	74.
2002/03	199	25th	-	-	68	26th
2003/04	172	35.	101	34.	71	26th
2004/05	288	14th	164	17th	124	19th
2005/06	259	18th	89	39.	170	14th
2006/07	479	5.	348	3.	131	16.
2007/08	337	18th	239	12.	62	40.
2008/09	74	72.	74	45.	-	-
2009/10	48	98	48	57.	-	-
2010/11	18th	124.	18th	76.	-	-

^6th Long distance world cup.

^7th Middle distance world cup.

Web links

• Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )