Eldar Rønning

	Eldar Rønning
	Eldar Rønning (2013)
nation	Norway
birthday	11th June 1982 (age 38)
place of birth	Trondheim , Norway
Career
society	Skogn IL
status	resigned
End of career	May 2016
Medal table
Nordic World Ski Championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	January 12, 2003
World Cup victories in individual	7 ( details )
World Cup victories in the team	8 ( details )
Overall World Cup	3rd ( 2006/07 )
Sprint World Cup	2. ( 2004/05 )
Distance World Cup	4th (2006/07)
Tour de Ski	14th ( 2008/09 )
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup	December 6, 2002
Continental Cup victories	2 ( details )
SCAN overall rating	14. ( 2013/14 )
	Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
Debut in the Cup	March 20, 2004
Worldloppet Cup victories	1 ( details )
Overall rating	15th ( 2014/15 )

Eldar Rønning (2007)

Eldar Rønning, Kirkebakken Grand Prix 2007 in Hamar, Norway

Eldar Rønning (born June 11, 1982 in Trondheim ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . He starts for the Skogn IL ski club and specializes in classic technique races.

Career

At the Junior World Championships in 2001 in Karpacz , Poland , Rønning was 18th in the sprint. A year later at the Junior World Championships in 2002 in Schonach in the Black Forest , he finished fourth in the race over 30 kilometers in the classic technique, just missing a medal just behind his compatriot Eivind Juul Pedersen . Over ten kilometers in the free technique he finished 13th.

Eldar Rønning's first major success was in the 2004/05 season. He won the sprint in Reit im Winkl and achieved two more podium places in sprint World Cup races . In the overall World Cup this season he was 10th and in the Sprint World Cup 2nd behind his compatriot Tor Arne Hetland . At the 2005 World Championships he was eleventh in the sprint in Oberstdorf .

In the 2005/06 season he focused almost exclusively on the Sprint World Cup. He only contested one distance race over 15 km classic, which he finished 30th. Things went better in the sprint races, where he was able to take a third and two fifth places. At the end of the season these results reached position 7 in the Sprint World Cup and position 11 in the overall World Cup.

The 2006/07 season began for him with a win at the World Cup opener in Düsseldorf . After that he was able to celebrate two more victories over the 15 km classic in Kuusamo and Cogne . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo in 2007 he won the bronze medal in the sprint and, together with Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Lars Berger and Petter Northug, the gold medal in the 4x10 km relay. Over 30 kilometers he was twelfth and in the 50 kilometer race he finished 27th. He was also a member of the victorious Norwegian relay team at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec . He was also seventh over 15 kilometers and 28th over 30 kilometers. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada , it was only used over 30 kilometers and finished there in 36th place.

At the 2011 home world championships in Oslo , he finished second behind Matti Heikkinen over 15 km in classic style and won the world championship title for the third time in a row with the Norwegian cross-country relay. At the 2013 World Championships in Fiemme Valley , Italy , the fourth consecutive title followed with the cross-country relay. A feat previously only achieved by his compatriot Bjørn Dæhlie in the 1990s and with him Petter Northug , who then expanded the record to five consecutive titles in 2015. Over 50 kilometers he was fifth while he finished the skiathlon in 32nd. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , he was fourth behind France and narrowly missed the Olympic gold in the Norwegian cross-country relay. Over 15 kilometers in the classic technique, he was twelfth.

At the beginning of 2016 he announced the end of his career.

successes

Medals at world championships

2007 in Sapporo : Gold with the relay, bronze in the classic sprint
2009 in Liberec : Gold with the relay
2011 in Oslo : gold with the relay, silver over 15 km classic
2013 in Val di Fiemme : Gold with the relay

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	February 13, 2005	Germany Reit im Winkl	1.5 km sprint classic
2.	October 28, 2006	Germany Dusseldorf	1.5 km sprint freestyle
3.	November 26, 2006	Finland Kuusamo	15 km classic individual start
4th	December 13, 2006	Italy Cogne	15 km classic individual start
5.	February 10, 2008	Estonia Otepää	1.4 km sprint classic
6th	January 22, 2011	Estonia Otepää	15 km classic individual start
7th	March 10, 2012	Norway Oslo	50 km classic mass start

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	January 6, 2007	Italy Cavalese	30 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2006/07
2.	January 3, 2010	Germany Oberhof	1.6 km sprint classic	Tour de Ski 2010
3.	January 7, 2012	Italy Val di Fiemme	20 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2011/12
4th	March 23, 2013	Sweden Falun	15 km classic mass start	World Cup Final 2013

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 18, 2005	Canada Canmore	6 × 1.2 km team sprint classic ¹
2.	November 23, 2008	Sweden Gällivare	4 × 10 km relay ²
3.	November 22, 2009	Norway Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay ³
4th	November 21, 2011	Norway Sjusjøen	4 × 10 km relay ⁴
5.	February 12, 2012	Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě	4 × 10 km relay ⁵
6th	November 25, 2012	Sweden Gällivare	4 × 7.5 km relay ⁶
7th	20th January 2013	France La Clusaz	4 × 7.5 km relay ⁷
8th.	December 22, 2013	Italy Asiago	6 × 1.7 km classic team sprint ⁸

¹With Jens Arne Svartedal .

²With Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Tore Ruud Hofstad and Petter Northug .

³With Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Ronny Hafsås and Petter Northug.

^4thWith Finn Hågen Krogh , Lars Berger and Petter Northug.

⁵With Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Niklas Dyrhaug and Petter Northug.

^6thWith Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Sjur Røthe and Petter Northug.

^7thWith Didrik Tønseth , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Sjur Røthe.

^8thWith Ola Vigen Hattestad .

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No.	date	place	run	discipline
1.	February 15, 2015	Estonia Otepää	Tartu Maraton	63 km classic mass start

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 14, 2004	Norway Hommelvik	10 km classic individual start	Continental Cup
2.	5th January 2014	Sweden Piteå	15 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup

Medals at national championships

2005 : Bronze in the team sprint
2006 : Gold in the team sprint
2007 : Gold in the team sprint, bronze over 50 km, bronze in the sprint
2008 : Silver in the sprint, silver in the team sprint, bronze over 50 km
2009 : Gold in the team sprint, bronze over 15 km
2010 : Gold with the relay
2011 : Gold over 15 km, gold with the relay, silver in the skiathlon, silver in the team sprint
2012 : Silver over 50 km, silver in the team sprint
2014 : Gold in the team sprint

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 ^c
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place			3		1		3		7th	2	6th
2nd place			2				1		3	2	4th
3rd place							4th	1	5	2	3
Top 10			17th	3	2	3	22nd	2	49	6th	19th
Scoring			33	3	4th	4th	41	14th	99	6th	19th
Starts	1		42	7th	7th	6th	51	15th	129	6th	19th
Status: end of season 2014/15

^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

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2002/03	49	62.	-	-	39	36.
2003/04	102	53.	3	104.	99	20th
2004/05	349	10.	22nd	62.	327	2.
2005/06	355	11.	122	28.	237	7th
2006/07	557	3.	286	4th	215	5.
2007/08	463	13.	177	21st	266	7th
2008/09	541	12.	252	15th	179	12.
2009/10	370	15th	166	25th	164	17th
2010/11	388	19th	288	11.	54	41.
2011/12	675	10.	436	12.	43	46.
2012/13	251	36.	165	29	56	38.
2013/14	283	24.	152	21st	79	28.
2014/15	218	31.	150	30th	-	-

Web links

Commons : Eldar Rønning - collection of images, videos and audio files

Eldar Rønning's website (Norwegian)
Eldar Rønning in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Eldar Rønning in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Eldar Rønning legger opp og blir man bench: - Blir syk av å trene. On dagbladet.no, 9 May 2016 (Norwegian). Retrieved May 20, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Rønning, Eldar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	June 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trondheim , Norway

[1] Eldar Rønning legger opp og blir man bench: - Blir syk av å trene. On dagbladet.no, 9 May 2016 (Norwegian). Retrieved May 20, 2016.