Niklas Dyrhaug

	Niklas Dyrhaug
nation	Norway
birthday	6th July 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Norway
Career
society	Tydal IL
status	active
Medal table
Nordic World Ski Championships
Norwegian championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	November 21, 2009
World Cup victories in the team	2 ( details )
World Cup victories in stages	1 ( details )
Overall World Cup	6. ( 2015/16 )
Sprint World Cup	41st (2015/16)
Distance World Cup	3. (2015/16)
Tour de Ski	7. ( 2015 )
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup	January 5, 2007
Continental Cup victories	3 ( details )
SCAN overall rating	5th ( 2011/12 )
	last change: February 23, 2020

Niklas Dyrhaug (born July 6, 1987 ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Until 2011 Dyrhaug mainly took part in races of the Scandinavian Cup and FIS races . He made his World Cup debut in November 2009 in Beitostølen , which he finished with 69th place over 15 km freestyle. In February 2011, he took 20th place over 15 km in classic World Cup points for the first time. He finished the Tour de Ski 2011/2012 in 16th place. In February 2012 he won his first World Cup victory in Nove Mesto together with the relay. At the cross-country skiing world cup finals 2011/2012 in Falun , he came third. He finished the season in 16th place in the overall World Cup. In the overall ranking at the Scandinavian Cup he was fifth. He finished second in Vuokatti over 15 km freestyle and won over 3.75 km. At the beginning of April 2012 he won the 28 km classic at the Flyktningerennet. In the 2012/13 season he mostly only achieved placements in the midfield. The 13th place was his best result of the season. He finished the Tour de Ski 2013/2014 in 16th place. In April 2014 he won the Flyktningerennet classic over 40 km. In the first race of the 2014/15 season in Ruka , he finished fourth over 15 km classic. At the following Nordic Opening he came in ninth place. He finished the Tour de Ski 2015 in seventh place overall. In January 2015 he won silver in the skiathlon at the Norwegian championship. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 2015 , he achieved 13th place in the 50 km classic mass start race and seventh place in the skiathlon. He won gold with the season. He finished the season in seventh place in the overall World Cup and sixth place in the distance ranking. After finishing fifth at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he finished second in Lillehammer and won the relay the next day. In the Tour de Ski in 2016 he was eighth. He came in second place in the 15 km mass start race in the Fiemme Valley . In February 2016 he achieved a top ten position four times in a row, including a second place in Oslo in the 50 km mass start race. His best placement at the Ski Tour Canada , which he finished prematurely, was eighth in the pursuit race in Québec and at the end of the season he reached sixth place in the overall World Cup and third place in the Distance World Cup. In the 2016/17 season he finished 12th in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer and tenth place in the Tour de Ski 2016/17 . In December 2016 in Lillehammer, he clinched his second victory in the Scandinavian Cup in the 30 km mass start race. In February 2017 he finished second in the skiathlon at the Norwegian Championships in Lygna . At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , he won the bronze medal over 15 km classic and the gold medal with the relay. At the end of the season, he took third place in the World Cup final in Québec . He came in second place at the mass start stage over 15 km and reached eighth place in the overall World Cup and fifth place in the Distance World Cup.

In the 2017/18 season, Dyrhaug took 12th place at the Tour de Ski 2017/18 and ninth place at the World Cup final in Falun . At the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he came in 13th in the 50 km mass start race.

successes

Medals at world championships

2015 in Falun : Gold with the relay
2017 in Lahti : gold with the relay, bronze over 15 km classic

Victories in world cup races

Stage victories in world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	run
1.	November 29, 2015	Finland Ruka	15 km pursuit classic ¹	Nordic Opening 2015

¹ Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	February 12, 2012	Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě	4 × 10 km relay ²
2.	December 6, 2015	Norway Lillehammer	4 × 7.5 km relay ³

² With Eldar Rønning , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Petter Northug .

³ With Hans Christer Holund , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Petter Northug.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	December 16, 2011	Finland Vuokatti	3.75 km freestyle	Scandinavian Cup
2.	December 11, 2016	Norway Lillehammer	30 km classic mass start	Scandinavian Cup
3.	February 22, 2020	United States Hayward	50 km freestyle mass start ⁴	US super tour

^4thwas also American Birkebeiner .

statistics

Participation in world championships

2015 Falun : 1st place relay, 7th place 30 km skiathlon, 13th place 50 km classic mass start
2017 Lahti : 1st place relay, 3rd place 15 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup statistics
The table shows the individual placements achieved.

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
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place						1			1		2
2nd place			2		1	1			4th
3rd place								2	2
Top 10	1	3	14th	2	4th	14th		8th	46		5
Scoring	4th	8th	25th	3	4th	28	11	12	95	1	6th
Starts	6th	10	31	4th	6th	34	21st	13	125	1	6th
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
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2010/11	11	140	11	88	-	-
2011/12	512	16.	314	16.	18th	74.
2012/13	30th	105.	30th	67.	-	-
2013/14	124	52.	64	48.	-	-
2014/15	589	7th	377	6th	10	74.
2015/16	995	6th	729	3.	48	41.
2016/17	758	8th.	468	5.	22nd	56.
2017/18	307	25th	161	25th	-	-
2018/19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	15th	115.	15th	68.	-	-

Web links

Niklas Dyrhaug in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Dyrhaug, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	July 6, 1987

[1] Result of Flyktningerennet 2012

[2] Result of Flyktningerennet 2014