Ingvild Flugstad Østberg

Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
nation	Norway
birthday	9th November 1990 (age 29)
place of birth	Gjøvik , Norway
Career
society	Gjøvik Ski Club
Trainer	Egil Kristiansen
National squad	since 2007
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 3 × 2 × U23 medals 1 × 0 × 0 × JWM medals 7 × 3 × 0 × National medals 3 × 9 × 4 ×
winter Olympics gold 2014 Sochi Team sprint silver 2014 Sochi sprint gold 2018 Pyeongchang Season  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 2015 Falun Team sprint silver 2019 Seefeld in Tirol Skiathlon silver 2019 Seefeld in Tirol Season silver 2019 Seefeld in Tirol 30 km freestyle bronze 2019 Seefeld in Tirol Team sprint bronze 2019 Seefeld in Tirol 10 km classic  Cross-country skiing U23 world championships gold 2011 Otepää Skiathlon  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 2008 times Season silver 2008 times 5 km classic gold 2009 Praz de Lys sprint gold 2009 Praz de Lys Skiathlon gold 2009 Praz de Lys 5 km freestyle gold 2009 Praz de Lys Season gold 2010 Hinterzarten Skiathlon gold 2010 Hinterzarten Season silver 2010 Hinterzarten sprint silver 2010 Hinterzarten 5 km classic  Norwegian championships gold 2009 Gjøvik Skiathlon bronze 2011 Steinkjer sprint gold 2015 Røros sprint silver 2016 Tromsø sprint silver 2016 Tromsø Skiathlon silver 2016 Beitostølen 5 km freestyle bronze 2016 Beitostølen 30 km freestyle silver 2017 Lygna 10 km classic silver 2018 Alta 5 km classic gold 2019 Lygna Team sprint silver 2019 Lygna 5 km freestyle silver 2019 Lygna 30 km classic bronze 2018 Alta Team sprint bronze 2019 Meråker 10 km classic silver 2020 Drammen 15 km classic silver 2020 Drammen Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 5, 2008  World Cup victories in individual 5 ( details )  World Cup victories in the team 9 ( details )  World Cup victories in stages 12 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 2018/19 )  Sprint World Cup 2. ( 2014/15 , 2015/16)  Distance World Cup 2. ( 2017/18 , 2018/19)  Tour de Ski 1. ( 2018/19 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 2 5 5  Distance races 3 9 12  Stage race 12 10 13  Season 7th 1 2  Team sprint 2 2 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup January 5, 2007  Continental Cup victories 4 ( details )  SCAN overall rating 1st ( 2009/10 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  SCAN individual race 4th 2 3
last change: March 1st, 2020

Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (born November 9, 1990 in Gjøvik ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Østberg started in January 2007 at the Scandinavian Cup races in Sjusjøen for the first time in international competitions. While she only finished 58th in her first race over ten kilometers in the classic technique, she was able to place sixth two days later in the five kilometer freestyle race. In March of the same year she took part in two international FIS races in Hovden , where she was again able to achieve the better result in the free technique. After she finished tenth in a FIS race in Gaalaa , a classic style sprint, in December 2007 , she was in the Norwegian squad for the 2008 Junior World Championship in Males, Italy . After she had finished third in qualifying for the sprint competition there on February 23, she was only eleventh in the competition. Two days later she was able to win the silver medal over five kilometers in classic style. In the mass start race over ten kilometers freestyle, she barely missed a podium as fourth. In the final relay race on February 29, 2008, she won the gold medal together with Celine Brun-Lie , Therese Johaug and Marthe Kristoffersen . After the Junior World Championships, she got the first opportunity to compete in the World Cup in Drammen at the beginning of March . As 31st in the qualification, she narrowly missed participation in the sprint competition. At the end of the season she took part in another FIS race in Røros , in which she had to admit defeat only Brun-Lie as the second.

At the pre-season races in Beitostølen in mid-November 2008 , she was fifth and third, leaving several established runners in the Norwegian World Cup team behind. Two weeks later she got another opportunity to start in the World Cup in Kuusamo . In the sprint competition, she failed again in qualification, but was able to achieve her first World Cup point in the ten-kilometer race in the classic technique as 30th. Then she started in December 2008 and January 2009 in several FIS races and races of the Scandinavian Cup. She was able to win one of the FIS races and three Scandinavian Cups. At the Norwegian championship in Gjøvik in mid-January , she was able to celebrate victory in the double pursuit after she had already finished sixth and fourth in the classic and sprint over ten kilometers. A week later she started at the World Cup in Otepää and was able to place in the top 20 there. At the following Junior World Championships in 2008 in Praz de Lys , she was able to become junior world champion in all four disciplines in which she competed (sprint, double pursuit, five kilometer freestyle and together with Maiken Caspersen Falla , Kristoffersen and Hilde Lauvhaug in the relay). After a two-week break from competition, she entered the 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec . In the team sprint, she finished fifth there together with Astrid Jacobsen , and in the 30 kilometer mass start race she was 37th. By the end of the season, she competed in all remaining World Cup races, with varying performances. The 22nd place in the freestyle race over 10 kilometers on March 8, 2009 in Lahti remained her best result, in all races of the World Cup finals she could not achieve the points.

At the beginning of the 2009/10 season, she started after the obligatory pre-season races at the World Cups in Beitostølen and Kuusamo. Although she was always able to collect World Cup points in these races, from mid-December 2009 she only started in FIS races, junior races and in the Scandinavian Cup . She always achieved top positions and was able to win some of the races. Only in mid-January 2010 she started again in the World Cup in Otepää, where she finished 14th over ten kilometers and 29th in the sprint. After another FIS race in Norway, she took part in the 2010 Junior World Championship in Hinterzarten at the end of January . In the four races in which she competed, she was able to win two gold and two silver medals and thus became the most successful athlete in the Junior World Championships. Despite these successes, she was not considered for the Norwegian Olympic squad. Instead, she took part in several races of the Scandinavian Cup during February 2010, where she was successful again and could win several races. This ultimately gave her victory in the overall standings of the cup. In March she took part in the remaining World Cup races of the season, but missed the points in several races. At the end of the season, she successfully took part in several junior races.

In the following season 2010/11, Østberg finished the Tour de Ski 2010/11 on a good 14th place. She also started successfully a little later at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2011 in Otepää, Estonia . There she won the gold medal in the 15 km pursuit race. In the 2011/12 season she started the season in second place with a good podium in Sjusjøen . A little later, Østberg just barely missed a single podium in Rogla as fourth. She also started successfully at the Tour de Ski 2011/12 and finished in 15th place in the overall Tour ranking. The Norwegian started again successfully in the following season. She landed in the top ten in Québec and Canmore . On January 13, 2013 she celebrated her first World Cup victory in the Liberec team sprint together with Maiken Caspersen Falla . At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , she narrowly missed her first World Championship medal as fourth in the team sprint. In the sprint, Østberg did not get beyond 17th place.

Again Østberg celebrated great successes in the 2013/14 season . In December she won a stage of the Tour de Ski in Lenzerheide . In Toblach , too , after winning the qualification, she later came third on the podium in the sprint race. She then traveled to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as a medal favorite . After she narrowly missed victory in the sprint and won silver, she secured the gold medal in the team sprint with Marit Bjørgen . At the World Cup finals in Falun , she finished sixth and finished the season in tenth place in the overall World Cup and fourth in the Sprint World Cup.

In the 2014/15 season , Østberg achieved a top ten 10 times and a podium finish five times in 13 World Cup races. She finished fourth at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer and won the sprint races in Davos and Otepää . In January 2015 she became the Norwegian sprint champion. At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , she and Maiken Caspersen Falla won the gold medal in the team sprint. She finished the season in fourth place in the overall World Cup and in second place in the Sprint World Cup. In the 2015/16 World Cup season , she took third place in the Distance World Cup and second place in the Sprint World Cup and overall World Cup. She was third at the Nordic Opening in Ruka and at the Ski Tour Canada and second at the Tour de Ski 2016 . Furthermore, she came on the podium 20 times in the World Cup, including four wins, two of which were with the relay. At the Norwegian Championships in 2016 she was second in sprint, over 5 km and in skiathlon and third over 30 km. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season she finished second in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer. This was followed by her sixth individual World Cup victory and second place in the sprint in Davos over 15 km freestyle. At the World Cup in La Clusaz , she won the relay and took third place in the 10 km mass start race. At the Tour de Ski 2016/17 she took fourth place in the overall World Cup with five top ten placements. She won the 5 km mass start stage in Val Müstair and came in third in the pursuit stage in Oberstdorf . In January 2017 she won the relay in Ulricehamn and came second in the 15 km mass start race in Falun. At the beginning of February 2017 she finished second over 10 km classic at the Norwegian championships in Lygna . At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti she came in 22nd place in sprint, 19th place in skiathlon and eighth place over 10 km classic. At the end of the season she took fourth place in the World Cup final in Québec and reached fifth place in the Sprint World Cup, fourth place in the Distance World Cup and third place in the overall World Cup. In April 2017 she won the Skarverennet over 38 km freestyle in Geilo .

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Østberg achieved fifth place in the Ruka Triple with 37th place in the sprint, seventh place in the pursuit and third place over 10 km. This was followed by a first place in the 10 km freestyle in Davos and a second place in the pursuit race in Toblach . She finished the 2017/18 Tour de Ski with three stage wins in second place. At the season highlight, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won the gold medal with the relay. Her best individual result there was fourth place in the 30 km mass start race. At the World Cup finals in Falun , which she finished eighth overall, she ran classically in third place in the 10 km mass start race. Finally she reached the 13th place in the Sprint World Cup, third place in the overall World Cup and second place in the Distance World Cup.

After finishing 26th in the sprint and fourth place over 10 km classic in Ruka at the first World Cup of the 2018/19 season, Østberg achieved third place in the tour standings with second place in the pursuit at the Lillehammer Tour. In Beitostølen she won the relay and took third place over 15 km freestyle and in Davos second place over 10 km freestyle. She won the Tour de Ski 2018/19 with four stage wins and a second place. At the end of January 2019 she triumphed in Ulricehamn with the relay and won third place over 10 km classic at the Norwegian championships in Meråker . At the World Championships in Seefeld in Tyrol , Austria , in February 2019, she was second in the skiathlon, in the 30 km mass start race and over 15 kilometers behind her compatriot Therese Johaug . In the team sprint (together with Maiken Caspersen Falla ) and over ten kilometers in the classic technique, she won the bronze medal. At the end of the season, she finished eighth in the sprint, third in the 10 km mass start race and fifth in the pursuit at the World Cup finals in Québec, third and ultimately won the overall World Cup. As in the previous year, she finished second in the Distance World Cup and 15th in the Sprint World Cup. At the end of March 2019 she took second place at the Norwegian championships in Lygna over 5 km freestyle and over 30 km classic, and together with Tuva Bakkemo first place in the team sprint. In the 2019/20 season, she took first, second and third place, and third place in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 and second, third and second place in the 2020 ski tour, each in third place. She won in Lahti with the relay and won third place in the pursuit in Nové Město and second place in the skiathlon in Oberstdorf . She achieved fifth place in the overall World Cup and in the Distance World Cup.

In addition to cross-country skiing, Østberg also plays football in the second Norwegian league (1. Divisjon) at Gjøvik FK .

successes

Medals at Winter Olympics

• 2014 in Sochi : Gold in the team sprint, silver in the sprint
• 2018 in Pyeongchang : Gold with the relay

Medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2015 in Falun : Gold in the team sprint
• 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol : silver in the skiathlon, silver with the relay, silver over 30 km freestyle, bronze in team sprint, bronze over 10 km classic

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 14, 2014	Davos	1.3 km sprint freestyle
2.	17th January 2015	Otepää	1.2 km sprint classic
3.	December 10, 2016	Davos	15 km freestyle individual start
4th	December 10, 2017	Davos	10 km freestyle individual start
5.	January 6, 2019	Tour de Ski	Overall rating

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	December 31 2013	Lenzerheide	1.5 km sprint freestyle	Tour de Ski 2013/14
2.	January 3, 2016	Lenzerheide	5 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2016
3.	March 11, 2016	Canmore	10 km freestyle individual start	Ski Tour Canada 2016
4th	January 1, 2017	Val Müstair	5 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2016/17
5.	December 31, 2017	Lenzerheide	10 km classic individual start	Tour de Ski 2017/18
6th	1st January 2018	Lenzerheide	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2017/18
7th	4th January 2018	Oberstdorf	10 km freestyle mass start	Tour de Ski 2017/18
8th.	2nd January 2019	Oberstdorf	10 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2018/19
9.	3rd January 2019	Oberstdorf	10 km pursuit freestyle 1	Tour de Ski 2018/19
10.	5th January 2019	Val di Fiemme	10 km classic mass start	Tour de Ski 2018/19
11.	January 6, 2019	Val di Fiemme	9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 2	Tour de Ski 2018/19
12.	January 1, 2020	Toblach	10 km pursuit classic 1	Tour de Ski 2019/20

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.	January 13, 2013	Liberec	6 × 0.85 km team sprint freestyle 2
2.	January 12, 2014	Nové Město	6 × 1.3 km team sprint classic 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 5
9.	March 1, 2020	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay 9

³With Maiken Caspersen Falla .

^4thWith Maiken Caspersen Falla, Therese Johaug and Heidi Weng .

⁵With Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen .

^6thWith Marit Bjørgen , Ragnhild Haga and Heidi Weng.

^7th With Heidi Weng, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and Marit Bjørgen.

^8thWith Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug and Ragnhild Haga .

⁹With Tiril Udnes Weng , Therese Johaug and Heidi Weng.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	December 20, 2008	Lygna	10 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup
2.	January 4, 2009	Keuruu	10 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup
3.	February 3, 2010	Sigulda	Sprint freestyle	Scandinavian Cup
4th	February 20, 2010	Vind	15 km classic mass start	Scandinavian Cup

statistics

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

Year and place	competition
	10 km	Skiathlon	30 km	sprint	Season	Team sprint
2014 Sochi	-	-	-	2.	-	1.
2018 Pyeongchang	7th	11.	-	17th	1.	-

Nordic World Ski Championships

Year and place	competition
	10 km	Skiathlon	30 km	sprint	Season	Team sprint
2009 Liberec	-	-	36.	-	-	5.
2013 Val di Fiemme	-	-	-	17th	-	4th
2015 Falun	-	-	10.	6th	-	1.
2017 Lahti	8th.	19th	-	22nd	-	-
2019 Seefeld	3.	2.	2.	-	2.	3.

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	1	6th	1			5	3	1	17th	2	7th
2nd place		5	3		2	4th	7th	3	24	2	1
3rd place	2	7th	1			4th	10	6th	30th		2
Top 10	10	42	6th	1	4th	29	57	16	165	5	12
Scoring	18th	61	8th	1	7th	50	89	24	258	5	14th
Starts	23	65	9	1	9	57	98	26th	288	5	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
2008/09	56	60.	31	41.	25th	49.
2009/10	80	64.	49	50.	27	60.
2010/11	394	25th	109	28.	99	22nd
2011/12	539	19th	187	20th	266	8th.
2012/13	478	15th	144	28.	294	3.
2013/14	684	10.	138	19th	426	4th
2014/15	894	4th	234	15th	560	2.
2015/16	2302	2.	976	3.	646	2.
2016/17	1517	3.	771	4th	306	5.
2017/18	1414	3.	755	2.	185	13.
2018/19	1654	1.	817	2.	197	15th
2019/20	1110	5.	644	5.	46	39.

Web links

Commons : Ingvild Flugstad Østberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

• Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in the store norske leksikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ingvild strålte etter sin aller første verdenscupseier ( Norwegian ) oa.no. January 13, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
2. ↑ Gulljentene slapp jubelen løs: - Hellet snudde da Kongen kom ( Norwegian ) NRK.no. February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
3. ^ Result Skarverennet
4. ↑ Norwegian victories at the World Ski Championships - Røthe is world champion skiathlon, Johaug dominates the women
5. ↑ Ingvild Flugstad Østberg - Spiller fotball så lenge hun vil Nettavisen November 16, 2008 (Norwegian)