Eirik Kurland Olsen

	Eirik Kurland Olsen
nation	Norway
birthday	23rd March 1987 (age 33)
Career
society	Lillehammer Ski Club
status	active
Medal table
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	March 14, 2009
Overall World Cup	154th ( 2008/09 )
Distance World Cup	96th (2008/09)
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup	February 14, 2004
SCAN overall rating	10. ( 2009/10 )

Eirik Kurland Olsen (born March 23, 1987 ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Olsen, who starts for the Lillehammer Skiklub , ran his first races in the Continental Cup in Hommelvik in February 2004 . There he finished 82nd place over 10 km classic and 73rd place over 15 km freestyle. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2006 in Kranj , he won the gold medal with the relay. He was also eighth over 10 km classic and seventh in the skiathlon . The following year he won the gold medal in the skiathlon at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Tarvisio . He completed his first of a total of three World Cup races in March 2009 in Trondheim . He came in 22nd place in the 50 km mass start race and got his first and only World Cup points. In the 2009/10 season he reached four top ten placements, including third place over 15 km classic in Åsarna , tenth place in the overall ranking of the Scandinavian Cup . At the U23 World Championships in 2010 in Hinterzarten , he finished ninth over 15 km classic.

personal data
SURNAME	Olsen, Eirik Courland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1987