Leif Torbjørn Næsvold

	Leif Torbjørn Næsvold
nation	Norway
birthday	5th March 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	Røyken , Norway
Career
society	Røykenhopp
status	active
Medal table
Norwegian championships
	Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup	November 30, 2018
Overall World Cup	45th ( 2018/19 )
	Placements in the Grand Prix
Debut in the Grand Prix	August 28, 2019
Overall rating	39th ( 2019 )
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the COC	0January 8, 2017
COC wins (individual)	03 ( details )
COC victories (team)	01 ( details )
Overall ranking COC	02. ( 2018/19 )
	last change: December 15, 2019

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold (born March 5, 1998 in Røyken ) is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier .

Career

Næsvold, who starts for Røykenhopp , made his international debut at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015 in Tschagguns . While he reached eleventh place in the sprint, he finished 23rd over 10 kilometers. A year later, Næsvold took part in the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2016 in Râșnov , Romania . There he finished in the two individual competitions in the Gundersen method a tenth and a 26th place. In the team competition he reached fifth place together with Lars Ivar Skårset , Petter Løset Skodjereite and Einar Lurås Oftebro . Another year later, at the Junior World Ski Championships in 2017 in the US Soldier Hollow , he achieved 29th place in the individual on the normal hill with a subsequent cross-country distance of five kilometers. He had already made his debut in the Nordic Combined Continental Cup on January 8, 2017 in Høydalsmo . In this competition series, he achieved his best result so far on February 4, 2018 in Planica in seventh place.

At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Næsvold started the World Cup for the first time on November 30, 2018 in Lillehammer and immediately placed in the points as 21st. Due to the high competition in the Norwegian team, however, he mainly competed in the second-rate Continental Cup in the following months. There he was able to celebrate his first individual victory as well as his first victory with the relay in Ruka . With a total of three Continental Cup victories, he finished the season in second place in the overall standings, whereas he finished 45th in the World Cup.

successes

Continental Cup wins in singles

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	January 11, 2019	Finland Ruka	Gundersen large hill
2.	January 12, 2019	Finland Ruka	Mass start large hill
3.	January 26, 2019	Slovenia Planica	Gundersen large hill

Continental Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	January 13, 2019	Finland Ruka	Relay large hill ¹

¹With Simen Tiller , Sindre Ure Søtvik and Harald Johnas Riiber .

statistics

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
2018/19	45.	043
2019/20	52.	003

Grand Prix placements

season	space	Points
2019	039.	038

Continental Cup placements

season	space	Points
2017/18	40.	115
2018/19	02.	644
2019/20	23.	170

Web links

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Leif (20) er historisk - clear for verdenscupdebut. In: Drammen Tidende , November 27, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 (Norwegian).

personal data
SURNAME	Næsvold, Leif Torbjørn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	norwegian nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH	Røyken , Norway

[1] Leif (20) er historisk - clear for verdenscupdebut. In: Drammen Tidende , November 27, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 (Norwegian).