Didrik Tonseth

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Didrik Tonseth Cross-country skiing
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nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 10th May 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Norway
Career
society Byåsen
Trainer Trond Nystad
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 4 × gold 5 × silver 4 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2018 Pyeongchang Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 2015 Falun Season
gold 2017 Lathi Season
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
gold 2010 Hinterzarten Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 22, 2012
 World Cup victories in individual 2 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 2 ( details )
 World Cup victories in stages 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 5. ( 2018/19 )
 Sprint World Cup 46th ( 2015/16 )
 Distance World Cup 5. (2018/19)
 Tour de Ski 7. ( 2016 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 2 0 4th
 Stage race 1 2 3
 Season 2 0 4th
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup February 20, 2010
 SCAN overall rating 4th ( 2011/12 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 0 3 3
last change: April 14, 2019

Didrik Tønseth (born May 10, 1991 ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Tønseth took part in junior races until 2011. At the European Olympic Winter Youth Festival 2009 in Szczyrk he won silver over 7.5 km classic and bronze over 10 km freestyle. At the 2010 Junior World Championships in Hinterzarten , he won gold with the relay. He had his first World Cup race in January 2012 in Otepää . He finished 17th in the 15 km classic race and thus also got his first World Cup points. He competed in some races of the Scandinavian Cup , which he finished in fourth place in the overall standings in the 2011/12 season. In January 2013 he had his first top ten result in La Clusaz with fourth place. A day later he won the season. At the Norwegian Championships in 2013 in Gåsbu , he won silver in skiathlon and gold, as in the previous year with the relay. With third place over 15 km classic, he made it to the podium for the first time in an individual in December 2013. He finished the Tour de Ski 2013/2014 in ninth place. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he was in the Norwegian squad, but did not take part in any races. He finished the 2013/14 season in 29th place overall. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, he reached fifth place at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer . He ran the best time of the day on the last stage. This was followed by a second place behind Martin Johnsrud Sundby over 15 km classic in Davos . In July 2016, Sundby was denied this victory because of doping and Tønseth subsequently won his first individual World Cup victory. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he took eighth place over 50 km classic and fourth place in the skiathlon. He won gold with the season. At the Norwegian Championships in Røros and Harstad in 2015 , he won bronze in the skiathlon and silver over 10 km and 50 km classic. He finished the season in 21st place in the overall World Cup and 17th in the Distance World Cup. After finishing sixth at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he finished third in the relay in Lillehammer. He finished the 2016 Tour de Ski in seventh place. He was third in the 30 km mass start race in Lenzerheide . In February 2016 he came in the top ten three times including two fourth places in the World Cup. At the end of the season he started at the Ski Tour Canada , which he ended prematurely, and achieved ninth place in the overall World Cup and sixth place in the Distance World Cup. In the 2016/17 season he won the season in La Clusaz and finished 12th in the 2016/17 Tour de Ski . He achieved third place in the 10 km mass start race in Val Müstair . In January 2017 he became Norwegian champion over 15 km classic and third in skiathlon in Lygna . At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , he won the gold medal with the relay. In addition, he came in sixth place in the skiathlon and fifth place in classic over 15 km. At the end of the season he finished tenth in the World Cup finals in Québec and reached 18th place in the overall World Cup and 12th place in the Distance World Cup. At the end of March 2017, he and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo became Norwegian champions in the team sprint in Gålå . He also achieved third place over 10 km freestyle.

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Tønseth finished seventh in the Ruka Triple . He was second over 15 km classic. In the further course of the season he achieved 17th place at the Tour de Ski 2017/18 and 16th place at the World Cup finals in Falun , reaching 16th place in the overall World Cup and 12th place in the Distance World Cup. At the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he won the gold medal with the relay. At the beginning of the following season he finished second in Lillehammer over 15 km freestyle and won the overall standings at the Lillehammer Triple. At the following World Cup in Beitostølen , he won third place with the relay. At the Tour de Ski 2018/19 he came in 11th place with two top ten placements. In January 2019 he ran in Otepää on third place over 15 km classic and in Ulricehamn on third place with the relay and over 15 km freestyle. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol , he achieved fifth place over 15 km classic. At the end of the season he finished third in Falun in the 15 km freestyle and achieved second place in the 15 km mass start race and eighth place at the World Cup finals in Québec. He finished the season in fifth place in both the overall World Cup and the Distance World Cup. At the Norwegian Championships in Lygna at the end of March 2019 , he was third over 10 km freestyle and second over 50 km classic and together with Fredrik Riseth in the team sprint. In the 2019/20 season he came in 11 World Cup participations, six times among the top teeth, including seventh place in the Ruka Triple and thus achieved 31st place in the overall World Cup.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. December 13, 2014 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 15 km classic
 2. 2nd December 2018 NorwayNorway Lillehammer Triple Overall rating

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. December 7, 2014 NorwayNorway Lillehammer 15 km pursuit classic 1 Nordic Opening 2014

1 Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. 20th January 2013 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 7.5 km relay 2
2. December 18, 2016 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 7.5 km relay 3

3With Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Anders Gløersen and Finn Hågen Krogh .

Medals at national championships

  • 2012 : Gold with the relay
  • 2013 : Gold with the relay, silver in the skiathlon
  • 2015 : Silver over 10 km, silver over 50 km, bronze in the skiathlon
  • 2017 : Gold over 15 km, gold in team sprint, bronze in skiathlon, bronze over 10 km
  • 2019 : Silver over 50 km, silver in the team sprint, bronze over 10 km

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 2015 Falun : 1st place relay, 4th place 30 km skiathlon, 8th place 50 km classic mass start
  • 2017 Lahti : 1st place relay, 5th place 15 km classic, 6th place 30 km skiathlon
  • 2019 Seefeld : 5th place 15 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total team
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place 1 1 1 3 2
2nd place 2 2
3rd place 1 5 1 7th 4th
Top 10 5 25th 4th 2 10 1 9 56 6th
Scoring 7th 38 4th 2 24 7th 14th 96 7th
Starts 1 7th 45 5 5 27 22nd 14th 126 7th
Status: end of season 2019/20
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
2011/12 14th 133. 14th 83. - -
2012/13 50 80. 50 51. - -
2013/14 271 27. 140 25th 3 100.
2014/15 323 21st 233 17th - -
2015/16 871 9. 604 6th 43 46.
2016/17 476 18th 333 12. 3 93.
2017/18 453 16. 295 12. - -
2018/19 867 5. 486 5. 21st 55.
2019/20 250 31. 178 21st - -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Johnsrud Sundby punished for doping offense xc-ski.de
personal data
SURNAME Tonseth, Didrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1991