Øyvind Skaanes

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Øyvind Skaanes Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 29th May 1968 (age 52)
place of birth Trondheim , Norway
Career
status resigned
End of career 1999
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 1991 Val di Fiemme Season
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
bronze 1987 Asiago 30 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup February 20, 1989
 Overall World Cup 19. ( 1989/90 )
 Sprint World Cup 18th ( 1996/97 )
 Long distance world cup 16. (1996/97)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup November 19, 1994
 Continental Cup victories 1 ( details )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 1 0 0
 

Øyvind Skaanes (born May 29, 1968 ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Skaanes had his first international success at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1987 in Asiago . There he won the bronze medal over 30 km. He made his debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in February 1989 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 , which he finished in 30th place over 15 km freestyle. At the beginning of the 1989/90 season he got his first classic World Cup points in Soldier Hollow with 13th place over 15 km. This was followed by two top ten placements and thus reached 19th place in the overall World Cup. In addition, he won the season in Vang with the relay and finished second in Örnsköldsvik with the relay. In the following season he came with two top ten placements to 26th place in the overall World Cup. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 in Val di Fiemme , he won the gold medal with the relay. He also achieved 33rd place over 50 km freestyle and 15th place over 30 km classic. In early March 1991 he triumphed in Lahti with the relay. In the 1996/97 season he came in the top ten three times in the World Cup. In Oberstdorf he achieved sixth place over 30 km classic, his best result in the individual World Cup. In March 1997, he took second place with the relay in Falun . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 , he came 34th over 50 km classic. He finished the season in 20th place in the overall World Cup, 18th in the Sprint World Cup and 16th in the Long Distance World Cup. At the beginning of his last World Cup season 1997/98 he came in Beitostølen in third place with the relay. In January 1998 he won the classic 10 km at the Continental Cup in Åsarna . He completed his last World Cup race in March 1998 in Oslo , which he finished classically in 28th place over 50 km. At Norwegian championships he won in 1999 with the relay of Strindheim IL and in 1990 over 50 km.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. January 3, 1998 SwedenSweden Åsarna 10 km classic Continental Cup

World Cup overall placements

season total Long distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1989/90 23 19th - - - -
1990/91 18th 26th - - - -
1991/92 - - - - - -
1992/93 18th 62. - - - -
1995/96 11 64. - - - -
1996/97 142 20th 66 16. 76 18th
1997/98 70 34. 9 51. 61 26th

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personal data
SURNAME Skaanes, Øyvind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1968