Frode Estil

Frode Estil
Frode Estil (2007)
nation	Norway
birthday	31st May 1972 (age 48)
place of birth	Lierne ,  Norway
Career
society	Lierne ski
status	resigned
End of career	2008
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 2 × 0 × World Cup medals 4 × 2 × 3 × National medals 2 × 2 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver 2002 Salt Lake City 15 km classic gold 2002 Salt Lake City persecution gold 2002 Salt Lake City Season silver 2006 Turin Skiathlon  Nordic World Ski Championships silver 2001 Lahti 30 km classic gold 2001 Lahti Season bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme 30 km classic bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme 15 km classic gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Season bronze 2005 Oberstdorf Skiathlon gold 2005 Oberstdorf Season gold 2005 Oberstdorf 50 km classic silver 2007 Sapporo 50 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 8, 1995  World Cup victories in individual 4 ( details )  Overall World Cup 5. (2001/02)  Sprint World Cup 18. (1997/98, 1998/99)  Distance World Cup 3rd (2003/04)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 4th 7th 9  Season 5 0 2
last change: March 15, 2009

Frode Estil (born May 31, 1972 in Lierne , Nord-Trøndelag ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . He was considered one of the world's best cross-country skiers in classic style. With the exception of the pursuit races, half of which are run in freestyle , Estil achieved all of his successes in this running technique.

Career

In 1999, Estil won his first World Cup race , a 30 km run in Davos . In the course of his career, three more wins, six second places and eight third places followed. His best placement in the overall World Cup he achieved in the 2001/02 season when he was fifth.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics , Estil won gold in the 20 km pursuit race and with the relay, as well as silver over 15 km. He finished the pursuit race at the same time as Thomas Alsgaard in second place. But winner Johann Mühlegg was convicted of doping and disqualified by the IOC in February 2004 . Alsgaard and Estil both received the gold medal. A silver medal in the 30 km pursuit race was added at the 2006 Winter Olympics . Shortly after the start, he fell after a ski break, began to catch up from last place to the top and lost only 1.6 seconds to the winner Yevgeny Dementiev .

At the 2001 World Cup , Estil won silver over 30 km, and bronze over 15 km and 30 km at the 2003 World Cup . At the 2005 World Cup he won the bronze medal in the 30 km pursuit race and became world champion over 50 km. He won his last medal at the 2007 World Cup in Sapporo when he finished 50 km second.

After the 2006/07 season, Estil ended his World Cup career. But he still competes in FIS races and in the Marathon Cup .

In 2007 he was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal . He lives in Meråker , is married and has a son.

successes

Medals at Winter Olympics

• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Gold in the pursuit, gold with the relay, silver over 15 km
• 2006 in Turin : Silver in the skiathlon

Medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2001 in Lahti : gold with the relay, silver over 30 km
• 2003 in Val di Fiemme : gold with the relay, bronze over 15 km, bronze over 30 km
• 2005 in Oberstdorf : gold with the relay, gold over 50 km, bronze in the skiathlon
• 2007 in Sapporo : Silver over 50 km

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 18, 1999	Davos	30 km classic
2.	December 14, 2002	Cogne	30 km classic mass start 1
3.	January 10, 2004	Otepää	30 km classic mass start
4th	March 7, 2004	Lahti	15 km classic individual start

¹Simultaneously with Anders Aukland .

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	March 10, 2002	Falun	4 × 10 km relay 2
2.	January 19, 2003	Nové Město na Moravě	4 × 10 km relay 3
3.	December 14, 2003	Davos	4 × 10 km relay 4
4th	December 12, 2004	Lake Tesero	4 × 10 km relay 5
5.	March 25, 2007	Falun	4 × 10 km relay 6

²With Anders Aukland , Kristen Skjeldal and Thomas Alsgaard .

³With Anders Aukland, Tore Ruud Hofstad and Thomas Alsgaard.

^4thWith Anders Aukland, Kristen Skjeldal and Tor Arne Hetland .

⁵With Jens Arne Svartedal , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset and Tore Ruud Hofstad.

^6thWith Øystein Pettersen , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset and Petter Northug .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	December 17, 1995	Savalen	15 km classic	Continental Cup
2.	January 5, 1997	Hudiksvall	15 km classic	Continental Cup

Medals at national championships

• 1996 : Silver over 15 km, bronze with the relay
• 1998 : Gold with the relay, bronze over 15 km, bronze over 30 km
• 1999 : Gold over 50 km
• 2000 : Silver with the relay
• 2002 : Gold with the relay
• 2003 : Gold with the relay, silver over 10 km, silver over 50 km
• 2004 : Silver in the team sprint
• 2005 : Gold in the skiathlon
• 2006 : Silver in the skiathlon, bronze over 15 km
• 2007 : Gold in the skiathlon, silver over 50 km, bronze over 15 km

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1995/96	48	42.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	17th	63.	-	-	17th	48.
1997/98	240	12.	142	9. 7	98	18th
1998/99	219	19th	89	16. 7	130	18th
1999/2000	324	12.	141 134	6. 7 20. 8	49	32.
2000/01	370	8th.	-	-	-	-
2001/02	404	5.	-	-	32	39.
2002/03	414	6th	-	-	8th	58.
2003/04	558	6th	558	3.	-	-
2004/05	214	25th	214	14th	-	-
2005/06	373	9.	373	4th	-	-
2006/07	381	10.	285	5.	-	-

^7th Long distance world cup.

^8th Middle distance world cup.

Web links

Commons : Frode Estil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Frode Estil website
• Frode Estil in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Frode Estil in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )