Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2003

The 36th Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2003 took place from March 28 to April 1, 1990 in Sollefteå, Sweden . After 1969 ( Bollnäs ), 1980 ( Örnsköldsvik ) and 1995 ( Gällivare ) , Sweden was the host of this most important junior competition in Nordic skiing for the fourth time.

The most successful nation in the competitions was Russia with four gold, two silver and four bronze medals, ahead of Germany with four gold and one bronze medal and Norway with two gold, three silver and three bronze medals. While the Russians won all medals in cross-country skiing, the Germans won three of their four gold medals in Nordic combined.

Competition venues

The ski jumping competitions and the Nordic combined jumping were held on the Hallstabacken , which was built for the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1934 . The cross-country competitions of the combiners and the specialists were held on trails in the area.

Cross-country juniors

1 km sprint freestyle

space	athlete	country	Qualification time
1	Johan Kjølstad	Norway	1: 57.8 min. (1.)
2	Erik Øvsthus Bakkejord	Norway	1: 59.0 min. (3.)
3	Sylvain Fanja's Claret	France	2: 03.0 min. (6.)
4th	Fredrik Uusitalo	Sweden	2: 02.9 min. (5.)
5	Leif-Orin Zimmermann	United States	2: 02.8 min. (4.)
6th	Ryan Foster	United States	2: 04.5 min. (16.)
7th	Andrew Newell	United States	1: 58.3 min. (2.)
8th	David Hofer	Italy	2: 03.2 min. (9.)
9	Anti Saarepuu	Estonia	2: 03.0 min. (6.)
10	Yevgeny Dementiev	Russia	2: 03.2 min. (9.)

Date: February 8, 2003
There were 74 participants at the start.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Erik Hänel : 14th place Harald Wurm : 15th place Valerio Leccardi : 22nd place Matthias Beck : 25th place Norbert Zehentner : 36th place Martin Stockinger : 49th place Manuel Hirner : 55th place Pascal Grab : 62nd place Dennis Wiesermann : 74th place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10 km classic

space	athlete	country	time
1	Yevgeny Dementiev	Russia	27: 40.0 min.
2	Yevgeny Koshevoy	Kazakhstan	28: 09.1 min.
3	Maxim Bulgakov	Russia	28: 11.9 min.
4th	Franz Goering	Germany	28: 19.5 min.
5	Øystein Pettersen	Norway	28: 26.5 min.
6th	Artem Norin	Russia	28: 30.6 min.
7th	Matti Heikkinen	Finland	28: 32.5 min.
8th	Alexei Poltoranin	Kazakhstan	28: 41.7 min.
9	Chris Jespersen	Norway	28: 41.9 min.
10	Jesse Väänänen	Finland	28: 45.5 min.

Date: February 6, 2003
There were 83 participants at the start, of which 81 reached the finish.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Stefan Kirchner : 15th place Steve Ullmann : 17th place Toni Livers : 20th place Curdin Perl : 23rd place Erik Schneider : 36th place Johann Eder : 37th place Valerio Leccardi : 40th place Lukas Hechl : 56th place Martin Stockinger : 60th place Rafael Ratti : 62nd place Manuel Hirner : not at the finish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

30 km freestyle mass start

space	athlete	country	time
1	Chris Jespersen	Norway	1: 23: 13.5 h.
2	Alexei Petukhov	Russia	1: 23: 46.7 h.
3	Yevgeny Dementiev	Russia	1: 24: 11.0 h.
4th	Toni Livers	Switzerland	1: 24: 24.1 h.
5	Franz Goering	Germany	1: 24: 54.7 h.
5	Øystein Pettersen	Norway	1: 25: 56.7 h.
7th	Ville Nousiainen	Finland	1: 25: 56.9 h.
8th	Martin Sundby	Norway	1: 25: 58.9 h.
9	Tord Asle Gjerdalen	Norway	1: 26: 10.9 h.
10	Fredrik Uusitalo	Sweden	1: 26: 17.3 h.

Date: February 4th, 2003
There were 60 participants at the start.
Further participants from German-speaking countries: Johann Eder : 11th place Curdin Perl : 12th place Michael Eberharter : 19th place Rafael Ratti : 20th place Pascal Grab : 22nd place Erik Schneider : 23rd place
 
 
 
 
 
 

4 × 10 km relay

space	athlete	country	time
1	Maxim Bulgakow Artem Norin Evgeni Dementjew Alexei Petuchow	Russia	1: 45: 39.7 h
2	Øystein Pettersen Martin Sundby Tord Asle Gjerdalen Chris Jespersen	Norway	1: 47: 51.4 h.
3	Steve Ullmann Stefan Kirchner Franz Göring Erik Schneider	Germany	1: 48: 50.6 h.
4th	Sergei Scherepanow Alexei Poltoranin Andrei Kondroschew Evgeni Koschewoi	Kazakhstan	1: 49: 44.6 h.
5	Timo Mantere Ville Nousiainen Kari Varis Matti Heikkinen	Finland	1: 50: 36.9 h.
6th	Toni Livers Valerio Leccardi Curdin Perl Pascal grave	Switzerland	1: 50: 53.7 h.
7th	Luca Orlandi Federico Clementi Alessandro Follador David Hofer	Italy	1: 51: 32.7 h.
8th	Andrew Newell Ryan Foster Brent Lowen Leif-Orin Zimmermann	United States	1: 51: 50.0 h.
9	Johann Eder Lukas Hechl Michael Eberharter Martin Stockinger	Austria	1: 52: 49.1 h.
10	Takahito Yagi Kenta Yamada Wataru Omori Koshin Nakamura	Japan	1: 53: 12.7 h.

Date: February 9, 2003
There were 16 seasons at the start.

Cross-country juniors

1 km sprint freestyle

space	athlete	country	Qualification time
1	Nicole Fessel	Germany	2: 21.6 min. (9.)
2	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	2: 22.6 min. (14.)
3	Christine Mathiesen	Norway	2: 20.9 min. (5.)
4th	Marianne Hannonen	Finland	2: 20.0 min. (3.)
5	Liv Miriam Nordtømme	Norway	2: 22.4 min. (12.)
6th	Elisabeth Hatlen	Norway	2: 22.9 min. (15.)
7th	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	2: 19.0 min. (1.)
8th	Britta Norgren	Sweden	2: 21.1 min. (6.)
9	Maria Magnusson	Sweden	2: 19.4 min. (2.)
10	Petra Markelová	Czech Republic	2: 21.3 min. (8th.)

Date: February 8th, 2003
There were 58 participants at the start.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Doris Trachsel : 16th place Julia Swieder : 39th place Bettina Gruber : 41st place Nadine Bachmann : 46th place Gabriela Gubser : 52nd place Isabella Wechselerger : 56th place
 
 
 
 
 
 

5 km classic

space	athlete	country	time
1	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	15: 23.5 min.
2	Ekatarina Vorontsova	Russia	15: 49.3 min.
3	Jelena Plozkaya	Russia	15: 54.5 min.
4th	Julia Limby	Sweden	15: 55.6 min.
5	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	15: 59.0 min.
6th	Valentina Novikova	Russia	16: 00.5 min.
7th	Maria Rydqvist	Sweden	16: 02.0 min.
8th	Helena Kallander	Sweden	16: 02.3 min.
9	Mette Øverby	Norway	16: 03.8 min.
10	Ivana Janečková	Czech Republic	16: 08.6 min.

Date: February 6, 2003
There were 64 participants at the start.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Nicole Fessel : 13th place Doris Trachsel : 15th place Stefanie Wunderle : 21st place Selina Gasparin : 24th place Katrin Weeger : 30th place Antje Mämpel : 32nd place Silvana Bucher : 46th place Gabriela Gubser : 59th place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

15 km freestyle mass start

space	athlete	country	time
1	Ekatarina Vorontsova	Russia	46: 37.7 min.
2	Maria Rydqvist	Sweden	47: 14.4 min.
3	Irina Artyomova	Russia	47: 17.1 min.
4th	Hanno Forsberg	Sweden	47: 44.3 min.
5	Valentina Novikova	Russia	47: 56.5 min.
6th	Tatsiana Kosorigina	Belarus	48: 00.5 min.
7th	Tatiana Chugayeva	Russia	48: 05.0 min.
8th	Kazjaryna Rudakowa	Belarus	48: 24.2 min.
9	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	48: 32.1 min.
10	Ivana Janečková	Czech Republic	48: 36.7 min.

Date: February 4th, 2003
There were 51 participants at the start.
Further participants from German-speaking countries: Doris Trachsel : 11th place Antje Mämpel : 12th place Stefanie Wunderle : 17th place Bettina Gruber : 18th place Silvana Bucher : 19th place Selina Gasparin : 25th place Julia Swieder : 28th place Nadine Bachmann : 32nd place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4 × 5 km relay

space	athlete	country	time
1	Valentina Novikowa Jelena Plozkaja Irina Artjomowa Jekatarina Voronzowa	Russia	58: 51.3 min.
2	Reetta Jääskeläinen Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Hilla Herranen Lotta Puttonen	Finland	59: 20.3 min.
3	Julia Limby Helena Kallander Hanna Forsberg Maria Rydqvist	Sweden	59: 36.5 min.
4th	Kateřina Smutná Petra Markelová Ivana Janečková Lenka Palanova	Czech Republic	1: 00: 12.1 h.
5	Marion Barnet Caroline Weibel Florence Poirot Aurelie Jäggy	France	1: 00: 56.1 h.
6th	Nicole Fessel Stefanie Wunderle Antje Mämpel Julia Swieder	Germany	1: 00: 56.1 h.
7th	Caroline Tangen Mette Øverby Elisabeth Hatlen Christine Mathiesen	Norway	1: 01: 09.8 h.
8th	Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec Kornelia Marek Anna Kohut	Poland	1: 01: 46.4 h.
9	Veronica Cavallar Silvia Rupil Carla Occhi Marina Piller	Italy	1: 02: 19.2 h.
10	Lindsey Weier Alison Crocker Katie Ronsee Kristina Trygstad-Saari	United States	1: 02: 20.1 h.

Date: February 9, 2003
There were 13 squadrons at the start.
The Swiss relay came in 11th, an Austrian relay was not at the start.

Nordic combined juniors

Sprint (normal hill K 108/5 km)

space	athlete	country
1	Björn Kircheisen	Germany
2	David Zauner	Austria
3	Petter Tande	Norway
4th	Seppi Hurschler	Switzerland
5	Tino Edelmann	Germany
6th	Dejan Plevnik	Slovenia
7th	Ville Kähkönen	Finland
8th	Sébastien Lacroix	France
9	Christian Beetz	Japan
10	Jan Schmid	Switzerland

Date: February 9, 2003
A total of 56 participants took part.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Benjamin Kreiner : 11th place Michael Hollenstein : 19th place Guido Landert : 20th place Lukas Klapfer : 33rd place Raik Filbrich : 38th place Philipp Amon : 46th place
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gundersen (normal hill K 108/10 km)

space	athlete	country
1	Björn Kircheisen	Germany
2	Sébastien Lacroix	France
3	Petter Tande	Norway
4th	David Zauner	Austria
5	Magnus Moan	Norway
6th	Dejan Plevnik	Slovenia
7th	Jan Schmid	Switzerland
8th	Seppi Hurschler	Switzerland
9	Benjamin Kreiner	Austria
10	Yūsuke Minato	Japan

Date: February 5, 2003
A total of 50 participants took part.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Lukas Klapfer : 13th place Tino Edelmann : 17th place Raik Filbrich : 19th place Michael Palli : 22nd place Michael Hollenstein : 40th place Guido Landert : 42nd place
 
 
 
 
 
 

Team (normal hill K95 / 4x5 km)

space	athlete	country
1	Christian Beetz Marco Kühne Tino Edelmann Björn Kircheisen	Germany
2	Magnus Moan Petter Tande Jon Richard Rundsveen Mikko Kokslien	Norway
3	Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix François Braud Jason Lamy Chappuis	France
4th	Jan Schmid Guido Landert Seppi Hurschler Michael Hollenstein	Switzerland
5	Gregor Verbajs Dejan Plevnik Damjan Vtič Mitja Oranič	Slovenia
6th	Juha Karjalainen Markus Laitinen Janne Ryynänen Ville Kähkönen	Finland
7th	Nathan Gerhart Eric Camerota Morgan Goodwin Brett Camerota	United States
8th	Kohei Takao Yūsuke Minato Takashi Moriyami Taihei Katō	Japan
9	Michael Palli Benjamin Kreiner Lukas Klapfer David Zauner	Austria
10	Martin Skopek Aleš Vodseďálek Jan Vodseďálek Miroslav Dvořák	Czech Republic

Date: February 7, 2003
A total of 13 relays took part in the competition.

Ski jumping juniors

Normal hill

space	athlete	country	Width 1	Width 2	Points
1	Thomas Morgenstern	Austria	118.5 m	115.0 m	261.0
2	Rok Benkovič	Slovenia	114.5 m	115.5 m	258.2
3	Jan Mazoch	Czech Republic	111.5 m	110.0 m	241.9
4th	Rok Urbanc	Slovenia	108.5 m	110.5 m	235.4
5	Stefano Chiapolino	Italy	105.0 m	106.5 m	221.4
6th	Manuel Fettner	Austria	103.5 m	105.0 m	215.5
7th	Jarkko Heikkonen	Finland	104.5 m	104.0 m	214.0
8th	Roland Mueller	Austria	102.0 m	105.0 m	210.3
9	Olli Pekkala	Finland	99.5 m	106.5 m	210.0
10	Christoph Strickner	Austria	100.0 m	103.0 m	203.5

Date: February 8th, 2003
A total of 61 participants took part.
Other participants from German-speaking countries: Julian Musiol : 16th place Mario Kürschner : 25th place Severin Freund : 30th place Stefan Rupp : 35th place Marco Staub : 48th place Christoph Höss : 50th place Remi Francais : 59th place Pascal Schönenberger : 60th place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Team jumping normal hill

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Manuel Fettner Christoph Strickner Roland Müller Thomas Morgenstern	Austria	945.2
2	Rok Benkovič Jure Bogataj Rok Urbanc Jaka Oblak	Slovenia	944.8
3	Jarkko Heikkonen Antti Pesonen Olli Pekkala Harri Olli	Finland	895.1
4th	Morten Gjesvold Magnus Rostad Terje Hilde Jon Aaraas	Norway	815.0
5	Andreas Arén Besnik Gashi Johan Eriksson Isak Grimholm	Sweden	794.8
6th	Kamil Stoch Andrzej Dorula Jan Ciapała Mateusz Rutkowski	Poland	779.2
7th	Pavel Fizek Ondřej Vaculík Antonín Hájek Jan Mazoch	Czech Republic	777.8
8th	Sebastian Colloredo Simone Lepre Stefano Chiapolino Marco Beltrame	Italy	747.2
9	Hiroshi Yoshinari Kenta Yamamoto Tsubasa Chōnan Daiki Itō	Japan	728.1
10	Stefan Read Dominik Bafia Gregory Baxter Andrew Osadetz	Canada	713.2

Date: February 6, 2003
A total of 15 teams took part in the competition. The German team finished eleventh and Switzerland was 15th.

Nations ranking

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	4th	2	4th	10
2	Germany	4th	0	1	5
3	Norway	2	3	3	8th
4th	Austria	2	1	0	3
5	Finland	1	1	1	3
6th	Slovenia	0	2	0	2
7th	France	0	1	2	3
8th	Sweden	0	1	1	2
9	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
9	Poland	0	1	0	1
11	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results on the FIS website: Cross-country ski jumping , Nordic combined , accessed on January 10, 2018