Ole Kristian Furuseth

Ole Kristian Furuseth
nation	Norway
birthday	7th January 1967 (age 53)
place of birth	Jessheim , Norway
size	182 cm
Weight	95 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , Super G
society	Ullensaker Ski Klubb
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Nagano 1998 slalom  Alpine World Ski Championships bronze Saalbach 1991 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual world cup victories 9  Overall World Cup 2. ( 1989/90 )  Downhill World Cup 51st ( 1991/92 )  Super G World Cup 6. (1989/90)  Giant Slalom World Cup 1. ( 1988/89 , 1989/90)  Slalom World Cup 2. (1989/90, 1990/91 , 1999/00 )  Combination World Cup 7th (1991/92)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Super G 0 1 0  Giant slalom 3 5 0  slalom 6th 9 7th  combination 0 1 0

Ole Kristian Furuseth (born January 7, 1967 in Jessheim ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . The nine-time Norwegian champion won two medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships , won nine world cup races and twice won the discipline world cup in giant slalom .

biography

For the first time, he was in the limelight as the winner of the combined slalom at the 1989 World Cup in Vail / Beever Creek, followed by slalom victory at the World Cup final in Furano (JPN) that same season. - He won two medals in major title competitions: bronze in slalom at the 1991 World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and silver in slalom at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano . In addition, he had finished fourth no less than four times: at the 1991 World Ski Championships ( giant slalom and Super-G ), the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville (slalom) and the 1997 World Ski Championships in Sestriere (slalom).

He was also very successful in the Ski World Cup and won nine races (six slaloms and three giant slaloms). In the seasons 1988/89 (tied with Pirmin Zurbriggen ) and 1989/90 (tied with Günther Mader ) he won the Giant Slalom World Cup. In the overall World Cup he achieved second place once and in the Slalom World Cup three times.

In 1989 he won the election for Norway's Sportsman of the Year and the Morgenbladet gold medal .

In March 2002 Furuseth announced his retirement from top-class sport. Today he runs two hotels, the Furuseth Alpin Lodge and Studio H in Kvitfjell near Lillehammer .

successes

winter Olympics

• Albertville 1992 : 4th Super-G, 5th giant slalom, 7th combination
• Nagano 1998 : 2nd slalom
• Salt Lake City 2002 : 9th slalom

World championships

• Vail 1989 : 6th slalom, 8th giant slalom, 12th Super-G, 16th combination
• Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 3rd slalom, 4th giant slalom, 4th super-G
• Moriko 1993 : 10th giant slalom, 14th slalom
• Sierra Nevada 1996 : 7th slalom
• Sestriere 1997 : 4th slalom
• St. Anton 2001 : 11th slalom

Junior World Championships

• Jasná 1985 : 11th descent, 19th giant slalom

World Cup ratings

Ole Kristian Furuseth has twice won the giant slalom discipline.

season	total		Departure		Super G		Giant slalom		slalom		combination
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
1986/87	78.	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.	6th	-	-
1987/88	76.	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.	1	9.	10
1988/89	4th	188	-	-	-	-	1.	82	3.	106	-	-
1989/90	2.	234	-	-	6th	43	1.	96	2.	95	-	-
1990/91	5.	156	-	-	19th	10	6th	44	2.	102	-	-
1991/92	4th	854	51.	15th	8th.	160	4th	285	6th	290	6th	104
1992/93	37.	227	-	-	21st	69	16.	70	22nd	88	-	-
1993/94	32.	264	-	-	-	-	26th	53	10.	211	-	-
1994/95	16.	466	-	-	-	-	22nd	65	4th	401	-	-
1995/96	39.	194	-	-	-	-	52.	5	11.	189	-	-
1996/97	35.	286	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.	286	-	-
1997/98	33.	296	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	296	-	-
1998/99	50.	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	127	-	-
1999/00	16.	544	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.	544	-	-
2000/01	48.	151	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.	151	-	-
2001/02	72.	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.	69	-	-

World Cup victories

Furuseth won 9 world cup races (6 × slalom and 3 × giant slalom) and achieved another 23 podium places.

date	place	country	discipline
March 5, 1989	Furano	Japan	slalom
March 9, 1989	Shigakogen	Japan	Giant slalom
November 23, 1989	Park City	United States	Giant slalom
18th December 1990	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	slalom
December 22, 1990	Kranjska Gora	Slovenia	slalom
January 21, 1991	Adelboden	Switzerland	Giant slalom
January 19, 1996	Bormio	Italy	slalom
March 1, 1998	Yongpyong	South Korea	slalom
March 19, 2000	Bormio	Italy	slalom

Norwegian championships

Furuseth was nine times Norwegian champion :

• 5 × slalom (1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2000)
• 3 × giant slalom (1989, 1990, 1991)
• 1 × Super-G (1989)

Web links

• Ole Kristian Furuseth in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Ole Kristian Furuseth in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Ole Kristian Furuseth in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )