Heidi Weng

Heidi Weng
nation	Norway
birthday	20th July 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Enebakk , Norway
size	163 cm
Career
society	IL i BUL
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 4 × 2 × 1 × JWM medals 3 × 1 × 1 × National medals 6 × 8 × 8 ×
winter Olympics bronze Sochi 2014 Skiathlon  Nordic World Ski Championships gold Val di Fiemme 2013 Season bronze Val di Fiemme 2013 Skiathlon gold Falun 2015 Season gold Lahti 2017 Team sprint gold Lahti 2017 Season silver Lahti 2017 30 km freestyle silver Seefeld 2019 Season  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold Hinterzarten 2010 Season silver Hinterzarten 2010 Skiathlon gold Otepää 2011 Skiathlon gold Otepää 2011 Season bronze Otepää 2011 5 km freestyle  Norwegian championships silver Tromsø 2011 Team sprint gold Fauske 2012 Team sprint bronze Fauske 2012 30 km classic bronze Voss 2012 Season silver Løten 2013 30 km classic bronze Gaasbu 2013 Skiathlon gold Gålå 2014 Team sprint silver Molde 2014 10 km classic bronze Molde 2014 sprint bronze Molde 2014 Skiathlon gold Røros 2015 Skiathlon gold Harstad 2015 30 km classic gold Harstad 2015 Team sprint silver Harstad 2015 5 km classic bronze Røros 2015 10 km freestyle gold Tromsø 2016 sprint silver Beitostølen 2016 30 km freestyle silver Beitostølen 2016 Team sprint bronze Beitostølen 2016 5 km freestyle silver Lygna 2017 sprint silver Gålå 2017 Team sprint bronze Lygna 2017 Skiathlon
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 21, 2009  World Cup victories in individual 4 ( details )  World Cup victories in the team 10 ( details )  World Cup victories in stages 7 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 2016/17 , 2017/18 )  Sprint World Cup 4. ( 2015/16 , 2016/17)  Distance World Cup 1. (2016/17, 2017/18)  Tour de Ski 1. ( 2016/17 , 2017/18 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 0 2 5  Distance races 4th 14th 19th  Stage race 7th 26th 19th  Season 10 0 1  Team sprint 0 1 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup February 18, 2010  Continental Cup victories 2 ( details )  SCAN overall rating 1. ( 2010/11 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  SCAN individual race 2 5 2
last change: March 1st, 2020

Heidi Weng (born July 20, 1991 in Enebakk ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier . It starts for the traditional sports club of rural youth in Oslo (Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, IL i BUL).

Career

Weng made her World Cup debut in November 2009 in Beitostølen , where she was 39th over 10 kilometers and finished 10th in the relay. In the 2009/10 and 2010/11 season she mainly competed in the Scandinavian Cup . In 2011 she took first place in the overall ranking. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2010 in Hinterzarten , she won silver in the 10 km pursuit race and gold in the relay. She got her first World Cup points in March 2010 in Oslo with 23rd place in the classic 30 km mass start race. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2011 in Otepää , she won bronze in the 5 km freestyle and gold in the 10 km pursuit race and with the relay. In the summer of 2011, she won bronze in the 10 km mountain run and silver in the 24 km mass start race at the 2011 Rollerski World Championships in Aure and Kristiansund . At the beginning of the 2011/12 season she came in Davos with ninth place over 15 km freestyle and sixth place in sprint for the first time under the top ten in individual World Cup races. This was followed in the season by her first World Cup finals with two third places in Nové Město with the relay and in Lahti in the skiathlon and second place in the overall ranking at the 2012 World Cup final .

At the beginning of the following season, Weng took third place at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo . She finished the Tour de Ski 2012/13 in sixth place. She reached third place in the sprint stage in Val Müstair . In January 2013 she won her first World Cup victory with the relay in La Clusaz . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she reached third place in the skiathlon and won the relay title. In March 2013 she achieved third place over 10 km classic in Lahti and second place in the sprint in Drammen . At the 2013 World Cup finals , she finished fourth. She finished the World Cup season in fifth place in the overall World Cup and fourth in the distance ranking. In April 2015 she won the Flyktningerennet over 40 km classic.

In the 2013/14 season , Weng came ninth at the Nordic Opening . It was followed by her second World Cup victory in Lillehammer with the relay. On the last day of the Tour de Ski 2013/14 , she moved up from sixth to third place, making it onto the podium for the first time at this event. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won her first Olympic medal with bronze in the opening competition in the skiathlon. At the 2014 World Cup final in Falun , she came third overall. At the end of the season, she finished fourth in the overall World Cup and fifth in the distance ranking.

In the 2014/15 season , Weng came in the points in all 14 World Cup races, reaching the top ten eleven times and podium finishes five times. At the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer and the Tour de Ski 2015 she took third place. She achieved podium finishes in all stage races. In January 2015 she became Norwegian champion in skiathlon. At the 2015 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun , she won gold in the relay. Her best individual placement at this World Cup was seventh in the skiathlon. She finished the season in fifth place in the sprint classification, third in the distance classification and in the overall World Cup. In March 2015 she won the Storlirennet 36 km freestyle ski marathon . After finishing ninth at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 World Cup season, she finished second in the skiathlon in Lillehammer and won the relay the next day. At the World Cup in Davos she was third in the 15 km freestyle. At the Tour de Ski 2016 , she took third place. She made it onto the podium six times and took her first individual victory in the World Cup in the 10 km mass start race in Fiemme Valley . At the following World Cup in Planica , she took third place in the sprint and second place together with Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen in the team sprint. In Nové Město she won the relay. At the Norwegian Championships in Tromsø , she won the sprint race. In February 2016 she came in second place three times and third place once in the World Cup. The following month she finished second in the Ski Tour Canada . She came on the podium at all stages and won the skiathlon in Canmore . At the beginning of April 2016 she was second and third over 5 km at the Norwegian championships in Beitostølen over 30 km and in the team sprint. At the end of the season she took fourth place in the Sprint World Cup, third place in the overall World Cup and second place in the Distance World Cup.

After two third places at the first World Cup station of the 2016/17 season in Ruka , Weng won the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer . She won the sprint and came second in the 5 km freestyle. On the final stage, she ran the third fastest time. This was followed by a second place in the 15 km freestyle in Davos and victories in La Clusaz with the relay and in the 10 km mass start race. She won the Tour de Ski 2016/17 with two third, two second and one first place. In January 2017 she won in Ulricehamn and came third in Falun in the sprint and 15 km mass start race. At the beginning of February 2017 she was third in the skiathlon and second in the sprint at the Norwegian championships in Lygna . In Otepää she achieved third place over 10 km in both classic and sprint. At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she won the silver medal in the 30 km mass start race and the gold medal with the relay and together with Maiken Caspersen Falla in the team sprint. She was also seventh in the sprint, fifth in the skiathlon and fourth in the 10 km classic. At the end of the season she came in the World Cup finals in Québec with a sixth and two second places, came second in the overall standings and won the overall World Cup and the Distance World Cup. As in the previous year, she also achieved fourth place in the Sprint World Cup. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, she finished fourth in the Ruka Triple and took second place in the skiathlon in Lillehammer . Two third places followed in Toblach . At the Tour de Ski 2017/18 she won the overall ranking with two first and two second places, as in the previous year. At the following World Cup in Planica she was third over 10 km classic and second in the sprint in Seefeld in Tirol . At the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished 11th in the 10 km freestyle and sprint, ninth place in the skiathlon and eighth place in the 30 km mass start race. At the end of the season she achieved 18th place at the World Cup finals in Falun and finally won the Overall World Cup and the Distance World Cup.

In the 2018/19 season, Weng took 16th place in the Lillehammer Triple and seventh place in the Tour de Ski 2018/19 . In addition, she won in Beitostølen and Ulricehamn each with the relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol , she won the silver medal with the relay. In the individual races she came in 19th place over 10 km classic and seventh place in the skiathlon. At the World Cup finals in Québec , she came in 20th and finally reached 16th place in the overall World Cup and 11th place in the Distance World Cup. After finishing second in the Ruka Triple at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, she was third in the skiathlon and first in the relay in Lillehammer and second in the 10 km freestyle in Davos . She finished the Tour de Ski 2019/20 with two second and one third place, in fourth place. This was followed by third places in Nové Město over 10 km freestyle and in Falun in the mass start race over 10 km freestyle. In the 2020 ski tour, she took second place with three and a third place, second place. At the end of the season she won the relay in Lahti and came in second in the overall World Cup and the Distance World Cup.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1	4th December 2016	Lillehammer	Overall rating Nordic Opening
2.	17th December 2016	La Clusaz	10 km freestyle mass start
3.	January 8, 2017	Tour de Ski	Overall rating
4th	January 7, 2018	Tour de Ski	Overall rating

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	January 9, 2016	Val di Fiemme	10 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2016
2.	5th March 2016	Quebec	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Ski Tour Canada 2016
3.	March 9, 2016	Canmore	2 × 7.5 km skiathlon	Ski Tour Canada 2016
4th	2nd December 2016	Lillehammer	1.3 km sprint classic	Nordic Opening 2016
5.	January 8, 2017	Val di Fiemme	9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 2	Tour de Ski 2016/17
6th	January 6, 2018	Val di Fiemme	15 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2017/18
7th	January 7, 2018	Val di Fiemme	9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 2	Tour de Ski 2017/18

¹ Be the first to cross the finish line to be the winner.

² Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	20th January 2013	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 2
2.	December 8, 2013	Lillehammer	4 × 5 km relay 2
3.	December 6, 2015	Lillehammer	4 × 5 km relay 3
4th	January 24, 2016	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay 4
5.	December 18, 2016	La Clusaz	4 × 5 km relay 5
6th	22nd January 2017	Ulricehamn	4 × 5 km relay 6
7th	December 9, 2018	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay 7
8th.	January 27, 2019	Ulricehamn	4 × 5 km relay 4
9.	December 8, 2019	Lillehammer	4 × 5 km relay 8
10.	March 1, 2020	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay 9

²With Therese Johaug , Kristin Størmer Steira and Marit Bjørgen .

³With Maiken Caspersen Falla , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg and Therese Johaug.

^4thWith Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Therese Johaug and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen .

⁵With Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Marit Bjørgen and Ragnhild Haga .

^6th With Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and Marit Bjørgen.

^7th With Therese Johaug, Ragnhild Haga and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg.

^8th With Maiken Caspersen Falla, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and Therese Johaug.

⁹With Tiril Udnes Weng , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg and Therese Johaug.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 21, 2010	Late	10 km pursuit freestyle	Scandinavian Cup
2.	February 26, 2011	Keuruu	10 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2014 Sochi : 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 5th place relay, 9th place 10 km classic, 19th place 30 km freestyle mass start
• 2018 Pyeongchang : 8th place 30 km classic mass start, 9th place 15 km skiathlon, 11th place 10 km freestyle, 11th place sprint classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 1st place relay, 3rd place 15 km skiathlon, 4th place 30 km classic mass start, 6th place 10 km freestyle
• 2015 Falun : 1st place in relay, 7th place 15 km skiathlon, 8th place 30 km classic mass start, 22nd place 10 km freestyle
• 2017 Lahti : 1st place relay, 1st place team sprint classic, 2nd place 30 km freestyle mass start, 4th place 10 km classic, 5th place 15 km skiathlon, 7th place sprint freestyle
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 2nd place relay, 7th place 15 km skiathlon, 19th place 10 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		3				4th	1	3	11		10
2nd place	5	12	1			14th	5	5	42	1
3rd place	2	11	3		1	11	9	6th	43		1
Top 10	14th	54	7th	5	1	38	30th	21st	170	3	14th
Scoring	18th	63	8th	9	1	52	60	26th	237	3	14th
Starts	21st	65	8th	9	1	53	76	26th	259	3	14th
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
2009/10	8th	110.	8th	87.	-	-
2010/11	59	59.	30th	49.	3	83.
2011/12	785	10.	429	10.	166	21st
2012/13	1085	5.	526	4th	179	13.
2013/14	951	4th	448	5.	85	27.
2014/15	1332	3.	692	3.	280	5.
2015/16	2172	3.	1145	2.	409	4th
2016/17	2032	1.	951	1.	321	4th
2017/18	1476	1.	818	1.	132	15th
2018/19	530	16.	330	11.	4th	77.
2019/20	1697	2.	920	2.	177	14th

Personal

Weng is the first cousin of Lotta and Tiril Udnes Weng and the second cousin of Martine Ek Hagen , all of whom are also cross-country skiers.

Web links

Commons : Heidi Weng  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Heidi Weng in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

• Heidi Weng in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official website of Heidi Weng

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result RWM 2011 mountain run
2. ^ Result RWM 2011 mass start
3. ^ Result of Flyktningerennet 2014
4. ^ Result Storlirennet 2015
5. ↑ Trippel Weng på pallen i ski-NM (norweg.), Dagbladet.no, March 26, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2016.