Frode Estil
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Frode Estil (2007) |
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nation | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 31st May 1972 (age 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Lierne , Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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society | Lierne ski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
World Cup victories in the team
No. | date | place | discipline |
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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 |
Victories in Continental Cup races
No. | date | place | discipline | series |
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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 | |||
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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. | - | - |
Web links
- 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 )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Estil, Frode |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian cross-country skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lierne , North Trøndelag |