Petter Northug

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Petter Northug Cross-country skiing
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nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 6th January 1986 (age 34)
place of birth Mosvik , Norway
Career
status resigned
End of career December 12, 2018
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 13 × gold 3 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 6 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
RWM medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 14 × gold 3 × silver 7 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2010 Vancouver Team sprint
gold 2010 Vancouver 50 km classic
silver 2010 Vancouver Season
bronze 2010 Vancouver sprint
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 2007 Sapporo Season
gold 2009 Liberec Skiathlon
gold 2009 Liberec Season
gold 2009 Liberec 50 km freestyle
gold 2011 Oslo Skiathlon
gold 2011 Oslo Season
gold 2011 Oslo 50 km freestyle
silver 2011 Oslo sprint
silver 2011 Oslo Team sprint
gold 2013 Val di Fiemme 15 km freestyle
gold 2013 Val di Fiemme Season
silver 2013 Val di Fiemme sprint
gold 2015 Falun sprint
gold 2015 Falun Team sprint
gold 2015 Falun Season
gold 2015 Falun 50 km classic
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
gold 2005 Rovaniemi Skiathlon
gold 2005 Rovaniemi 10 km freestyle
silver 2005 Rovaniemi sprint
silver 2005 Rovaniemi Season
gold 2006 Kranj sprint
gold 2006 Kranj 10 km classic
gold 2006 Kranj Skiathlon
gold 2006 Kranj Season
FIS Rollerski World Championships
gold 2011 Aure 24 km freestyle mass start
gold 2011 Aure 10 km classic mountain run
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
gold 2006 Kongsberg persecution
gold 2006 Kongsberg Season
silver 2006 Vadsø Team sprint
gold 2007 Grova 15 km freestyle
gold 2007 Meråker Season
bronze 2008 Granåsen 15 km freestyle
bronze 2008 Granåsen Skiathlon
bronze 2008 Granåsen Team sprint
bronze 2008 Granåsen Season
silver 2009 Røros Team sprint
gold 2010 Stokke 15 km freestyle
gold 2010 Stokke Team sprint
gold 2011 Kvaløysletta 50 km freestyle
gold 2011 Tromsø Team sprint
gold 2013 Gåsbu Skiathlon
silver 2013 Gåsbu Season
gold 2014 Lillehammer Season
bronze 2014 Molde Skiathlon
bronze 2014 Gålå Team sprint
gold 2015 Røros Skiathlon
gold 2015 Røros Season
gold 2015 Kilbotn Team sprint
gold 2016 Tromsø Skiathlon
bronze 2016 Tromsø Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 9, 2005
 World Cup victories in individual 20 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 9 ( details )
 World Cup victories in stages 18 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2009/10 , 2012/13 )
 Sprint World Cup 2. (2009/10, 2012/13, 2015/16 )
 Distance World Cup 1st (2009/10)
 Tour de Ski 1. ( 2015 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 6th 4th 3
 Distance races 14th 8th 5
 Stage race 18th 17th 9
 Season 9 1 2
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 7, 2002
 Continental Cup victories 4 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 1. ( 2005/06 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 4th 3 0
last change: August 16, 2020

Petter Northug Jr. (Born January 6, 1986 in Mosvik , Nord-Trøndelag ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier . At the age of 20, the six-time junior world champion became the youngest cross-country skier of all time to win a World Cup competition. With 13 gold medals, Northug is the most successful cross-country skier at Nordic World Championships . He also won the overall World Cup twice and was crowned double Olympic champion in Vancouver in 2010 .

life and career

Junior period (until 2005)

After Northug had tried his hand at biathlete and ski jumper in his youth , he decided to concentrate fully on cross-country skiing due to his running strength, after which he was used in the Continental Cup at the age of 16 . In February 2004, his first appearance at the Nordic Junior World Championships followed in his home town of Stryn , where he was the only Norwegian starter to reach the semifinals in the sprint and was sixth in the final ranking. Over the 10 kilometer freestyle, he finished 25th in the victory of the German Franz Göring, directly behind Dario Cologna . In the 2004/05 season he was used for the first time in the World Cup after good results in the Scandinavian Cup , including a second place over 15 kilometers freestyle in Lapinlahti . As the youngest athlete in the starting field, he just missed the finals in the sprint in Drammen as 35th . Two weeks later at the Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi , he showed again what great potential he has. Right at the beginning of the title fights, he secured the title in the pursuit competition in the final spurt. Over the 10 kilometer freestyle distance he clearly won with a 30 second lead over the Japanese Keishin Yoshida , in the sprint competition, which was held in the classic technique, he only had to admit defeat to his compatriot Even Sletten and in the final relay competition he secured himself with the Norwegian Team the silver medal behind the victorious Russian relay.

Breakthrough to the top of the world (2006-2007)

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season Northug could again take part in a World Cup competition in Beitostølen . Having entered the race with starting number 21, he clinched his first World Cup points as 21st over the 15 kilometers. A short time later, he won the Scandinavian Cup for the first time in Vuokatti over 15 kilometers freestyle. In January 2006, Northug won his first Norwegian senior title in the finish sprint against his training mate Frode Estil in the pursuit competition and became the first junior to win a senior title at Norwegian championships. After further appearances in the World Cup, in which he was mostly able to run under the top 30, and further victories in the Scandinavian Cup, he drove to the Junior World Championships in Kranj as a big favorite . There Northug managed to win all four titles to be awarded (sprint, 10 km classic, pursuit and relay). Although he was hailed as the new star in Norway due to the performances this season, it was not for the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin nominated. He proved that a nomination would have been justified at the World Cup competitions that took place after the Olympics. Northug, who had earned his participation in the World Cup as the leader in the Scandinavian Cup, achieved a top ten placement for the first time in seventh place in the sprint in Borlänge . A day later he prevailed against the entire world elite in Falun and won the pursuit competition as the youngest ever winner, ahead of the world cup leaders Tobias Angerer and Axel Teichmann . At the last World Cup competition in Sapporo, Japan, he climbed the podium again in second behind Mathias Fredriksson . He finished the season 14th in the overall World Cup and won the overall ranking of the Scandinavian Cup.

Northug has been a member of the Norwegian national team since the beginning of the 2006/07 season . After initial problems at the beginning of the season, he showed stable results among the top ten at the Tour de Ski, which was held for the first time , which secured him fourth place overall in the final classification. Even after the Tour de Ski, with two fifth places in Davos and Changchun , he showed that he can be expected at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo in 2007 . In the team sprint, however, he reached only seventh place with Tor Arne Hetland , who fell in the final. In his favorite race, the pursuit competition, Northug was one of the top flight and he increased the pace shortly before the finish. However, he got caught unhappily with his sticks and skis, fell and in the end, deeply disappointed, only finished fifth. In the 15 kilometer freestyle competition, which was characterized by heavy snowfall in the group of the best runners, he was only 24th. In the relay competition, however, Northug once again showed his strengths in the final sprint and referred Yevgeny Dementjew and Anders Södergren to the den with a strong start Silver or bronze place. After winning his first world title, Northug also prevailed for the first time in Lahti in a World Cup sprint competition. At the end of the season he improved to seventh place in the overall World Cup. In the 2007/08 season Northug showed changeable performances. Although he improved his sprint skills and won the sprint in Asiago at the 2007/08 Tour de Ski, he often only achieved places around 30th place, especially in distance races. At the end of the season, he improved to 14th place in the Sprint World Cup and finished twelfth in the overall World Cup.

First individual world title and Olympic victory (since 2008)

Right at the beginning of the 2008/09 season , Northug proved that he had found his way back to his old strength in distance racing. In the first World Cup competition of the season in Gällivare over the distance of 15 kilometers freestyle, he finished on the podium for the first time in his career in a race with an interval start. Two weeks later he won the World Cup over the 30 kilometer freestyle (mass start) in La Clusaz . He also proved his good form at the Tour de Ski 2008/09 , in which he won the sprint in Nové Město na Moravě and was able to advance from fifth to second on the last stage. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec , Northug showed that he understands like no one else how to run in the slipstream in mass start competitions, in order to then show off his sprint strength in the final sprint. After hiding in the back field for a long time, he pulled away from the field together with Giorgio Di Centa , Alexander Legkow and Södergren in the decisive attack by Anders Södergren . On the last kilometer he increased the pace so much that the others could not follow him and he was able to confidently win his first individual world title ahead of Södergren and di Centa. As the final runner of the Norwegian team, Northug managed, as in the Tour de Ski, to run behind Axel Teichmann. In the final sprint, he clearly referred Teichmann and thus secured the Norwegian team the gold medal in the relay competition again. His third gold medal was won by Northug, who thus became the most successful athlete in the world championship, in the final competition over 50 km freestyle, where he won the sprint just ahead of the Russian runners Maxim Wylegschanin and Tobias Angerer. In the first competition after the World Championship, Northug proved that he would have had a chance of a medal in the sprint competition. In the freestyle sprint in Lahti , he fought a tough battle with sprint world champion Ola Vigen Hattestad and won his second World Cup race of the season. With a fifth place over 50 kilometers in the classic style in Trondheim , Northug took the lead in the overall ranking of the World Cup and went into the World Cup final as a big favorite . There, however, he lost decisive ground to Dario Cologna on the third stage and finished second in the overall World Cup with a clear gap of over 100 points. In the overall rankings of the Sprint and Distance World Cups, he also achieved the best positions of his career to date with fifth and third place. At the end of 2009 he won the election for Norway's Sportsman of the Year and the Aftenposten gold medal .

Petter Northug at the Tour de Ski 2010 in Oberhof

Northug dominated the 2009-10 season with a total of eight podium finishes, including five wins and three second places. He also won the second stage of the Tour de Ski and finished second in the overall standings behind Lukáš Bauer . He was also able to win a stage and the overall standings in the World Cup final . With a clear lead of 600 points, he won the overall World Cup standings with confidence and also secured overall victory in the distance standings and second place in the sprint standings. The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver , however, began for Northug in disappointment. Over the 15 kilometer freestyle, he fell far short of expectations and only finished 41st. But already in the sprint competition he found his strength back and won the bronze medal. In the pursuit competition he went into the race as the big favorite and was in the top group until shortly before the end of the race when he broke his stick one kilometer from the finish. Northug couldn't close the gap any more and had to be content with eleventh place. In the team sprint, Northug started together with Øystein Pettersen . Before the last change, the German Tim Tscharnke was able to clearly pull away and handed over to Axel Teichmann with a margin of 2.6 seconds . However, Northug managed to use his sprint strength again and overtake Teichmann shortly before the finish and thus win his first Olympic gold medal. In the relay competition, Northug secured the silver medal with his strengths in the final sprint of the Norwegian relay. Also in the last competition, the classic 50 kilometers (mass start), there was a duel between the German Axel Teichmann and Petter Northug. The German managed to break away from the top group on the last climb. Northug was able to reduce the deficit in the downhill again and, like a few days before, won the duel on the home straight against Teichmann and thus his second gold medal in the team sprint. In March 2010 he won the 44 km classic at the Flyktningerennet.

The 2010/11 season began poorly for the Norwegian. After poor performance in the preparatory race in Beitostølen , he did not participate in the first races of the season due to overload in training and only returned to the World Cup in Davos . There he took 12th place over 15 kilometers. In the sprint competition he survived the qualification, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. After finishing third at the start and triumphing in the 20 km mass start, the Norwegian finished the Tour de Ski in second place, as in two years before.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he defended his world title in the pursuit and finished second in the sprint behind the Swede Marcus Hellner . He won another silver medal together with Ola Vigen Hattestad in the team sprint. With the Norwegian relay he also won the gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay, although Northug, as the final runner, caused a negative highlight of the world championship: With a strong start, Northug managed to move away a few hundred meters from the finish to lower his rival in the leading group. After he realized on the home straight that no other runner could overtake him, he braked for the last few meters, turned his skis across, looked back at his pursuers and crossed the finish line shortly before them. His behavior is described by many media, but also by athletes and officials as unsporting and provocative. Particularly spicy: The Swedish relay won the silver medal, with Marcus Hellner - who narrowly beat Northug in the sprint competition - was the last runner. In the final 50 km marathon, Northug again won the gold medal and successfully defended his title from Liberec. As in 2009, Maxim Wylegschanin came second, who had to admit defeat to the Norwegian in the finish. With three gold and two silver medals, Northug became the most successful male athlete in the World Cup. In August 2011 he won gold in the 10 km mountain run and gold in the 24 km mass start race at the Rollerski World Championships in Aure .

At the beginning of the 2011/12 season he finished second in Sjusjøen over 15 km and first place with the relay. At the following Nordic Opening in Kuusamo he achieved first place in the 10 km individual race and in the overall standings. In the further course of the season he won two individual races and one race with the relay. He finished the Tour de Ski 2011/12 in third place overall. He achieved two stage wins and came second three times. At the end of the season he reached fifth place in the Distance World Cup and third place in the overall World Cup. In the 2012/13 season , as in the previous year, he took first place at the Nordic Opening and fourth place at the Tour de Ski 2012/13 . He also won four World Cups in the season, three of them in singles. In January 2013 he became the Norwegian skiathlon champion in Gaasbu . At the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme , Northug won gold over 15 km of skating in the interval start and in the relay. He also won silver in the individual sprint. As the defending champion, he remained both fourth in the skiathlon and 21st over 50 km without a precious metal. Nevertheless, as in previous major events, he was able to maintain his status as the most successful male cross-country athlete. At the World Cup finals in Falun , he took first place in the overall standings and thus achieved third place in the distance world cup, second place in the sprint world cup and first place in the overall world cup.

After a weaker start to the 2013/14 season with 13th place at the Nordic Opening , he came in third place with the relay in Lillehammer and reached third place overall at the Tour de Ski 2013/14 . In December 2013 he won La Sgambeda . At the highlight of the season, the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi , tenth place in the sprint was his best place in the individual. In the skiathlon 16th and in the mass start race over 50 kilometers in the free technique, he finished 18th. In the team sprint and with the relay, he came in fourth place. He finished the season in ninth place in the Distance World Cup and sixth place in the overall World Cup. In the 2014/15 season he finished 15th at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer and initially second behind Martin Johnsrud Sundby at the 2015 Tour de Ski . In July 2016, Sundby was stripped of this victory due to doping and Northug subsequently won his first Tour de Ski overall victory. In the sprint in Ruka and over 15 km in Davos , he took second place. In January 2015 he became Norwegian master in skiathlon. He won four gold medals at the 2015 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . He became world champion in the sprint, over 50 km, with the relay and together with Finn Hågen Krogh in the team sprint. He was the first athlete to achieve five consecutive world championships with the cross-country relay. In the skiathlon he was eleventh and in the freestyle race over 15 kilometers he was 62nd. At the end of the season he reached eighth place in the Sprint World Cup, fifth place in the Distance World Cup and second place in the overall World Cup. In March 2015 he also won the 36 km freestyle at the Storlirennet ski marathon . At the end of 2015, Northug won Norway's Sportsman of the Year for the second time .

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season he took third place in the sprint stage of the Nordic Opening in Ruka , which he finished in second place overall. At the following World Cup in Lillehammer , he won the relay. He finished the 2016 Tour de Ski in fourth place. He came second in the 30 km mass start race and in the 15 km pursuit race in Lenzerheide . At the Norwegian championships in Tromsø , he won the skiathlon. In February 2016 he took third place at the Sprint World Cup in Stockholm and Lahti and won the sprint in Drammen . At the Ski Tour Canada , after six top ten placements, including two second places, he came third in the overall standings and reached eighth place in the Distance World Cup and second place in both the sprint and overall World Cup. In the 2016/17 season he only took part in six World Cup races. His best placement was fourth place in the sprint in Drammen. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti he finished eighth in the 50 km mass start race and fifth in the sprint. At the end of the season he won the Storlirennet over 36 km freestyle, the Fossavatn Ski Marathon over 50 km classic and the Flyktningerennet over 42 km classic. and finished second in the Ugra Ski Marathon over 50 km freestyle.

On December 12, 2018, Northug ended his active career.

successes

Medals at Winter Olympics

  • 2010 in Vancouver : Gold in the team sprint, gold over 50 km classic, silver with the relay, bronze in the sprint

Medals at world championships

  • 2007 in Sapporo : Gold with the relay
  • 2009 in Liberec : Gold in the skiathlon, gold with the relay, gold over 50 km freestyle
  • 2011 in Oslo : Gold in the skiathlon, gold with the relay, gold over 50 km freestyle, silver in the sprint, silver in the team sprint
  • 2013 in Val di Fiemme : Gold over 15 km freestyle, gold with the relay, silver in the sprint
  • 2015 in Falun : Gold in the sprint, gold in the team sprint, gold with the relay, gold over 50 km classic

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. March 8, 2006 SwedenSweden Falun 2 × 10 km skiathlon
2. March 10, 2007 FinlandFinland Lahti 1.2 km sprint freestyle
3. December 6, 2008 FranceFrance La Clusaz 30 km freestyle mass start
4th March 7, 2009 FinlandFinland Lahti 1.2 km sprint freestyle
5. November 29, 2009 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 15 km classic individual start
6th December 19, 2009 SloveniaSlovenia Rogla 1 km sprint classic
7th December 20, 2009 SloveniaSlovenia Rogla 30 km classic mass start
8th. March 13, 2010 NorwayNorway Oslo 50 km freestyle mass start
9. March 21, 2010 SwedenSweden Stockholm / Falun Overall ranking World Cup final
10. March 20, 2011 SwedenSweden Stockholm / Falun Overall ranking World Cup final
11. November 27, 2011 FinlandFinland Kuusamo Overall rating Nordic Opening
12. December 10, 2011 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 30 km freestyle individual start
13. December 17, 2011 SloveniaSlovenia Rogla 15 km classic mass start
14th December 2, 2012 FinlandFinland Kuusamo Overall rating Nordic Opening
15th 1st February 2013 RussiaRussia Sochi 1.8 km sprint freestyle
16. March 10, 2013 FinlandFinland Lahti 15 km classic individual start
17th 13th March 2013 NorwayNorway Drammen 1.3 km sprint classic
18th March 24, 2013 SwedenSweden Stockholm / Falun Overall ranking World Cup final
19th January 11, 2015 Fédération Internationale de Ski Logo.svg Tour de Ski Overall rating
20th 3rd February 2016 NorwayNorway Drammen 1.2 km sprint classic

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. January 4, 2008 ItalyItaly Asiago 1.2 km sprint freestyle Tour de Ski 2007/08
2. January 1, 2009 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město na Moravě 1.2 km sprint freestyle Tour de Ski 2008/09
3. January 1, 2010 GermanyGermany Oberhof 3.75 km prologue freestyle Tour de Ski 2010
4th January 2, 2010 GermanyGermany Oberhof 15 km pursuit classic 1 Tour de Ski 2010
5. January 6, 2010 ItalyItaly Toblach 35 km pursuit freestyle 1 Tour de Ski 2010
6th March 20, 2010 SwedenSweden Falun 2 × 10 km skiathlon World Cup Final 2010
7th January 8, 2011 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 20 km classic mass start Tour de Ski 2010/11
8th. March 19, 2011 SwedenSweden Falun 2 × 10 km skiathlon World Cup Final 2011
9. November 26, 2011 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 10 km freestyle individual start Nordic Opening 2011
10. December 29, 2011 GermanyGermany Oberhof 3.75 km prologue freestyle Tour de Ski 2011/12
11. January 1, 2012 GermanyGermany Oberstdorf 2 × 10 km skiathlon Tour de Ski 2011/12
12. December 29, 2012 GermanyGermany Oberhof 4 km prologue freestyle Tour de Ski 2012/13
13. January 3, 2013 ItalyItaly Toblach 35 km pursuit freestyle 1 Tour de Ski 2012/13
14th March 20, 2013 SwedenSweden Stockholm 1.1 km sprint classic World Cup Final 2013
15th 22th of March 2013 SwedenSweden Falun 3.3 km Prologue Freestyle World Cup Final 2013
16. 4th January 2014 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 10 km classic individual start Tour de Ski 2013/14
17th 4th January 2015 GermanyGermany Oberstdorf 15 km pursuit classic 1 Tour de Ski 2015
18th January 8, 2015 ItalyItaly Toblach 25 km pursuit freestyle 1 Tour de Ski 2015

1 Being the first to cross the finish line counts as the winner.

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. March 25, 2007 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay 2
2. February 24, 2008 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay 3
3. November 23, 2008 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 10 km relay 4
4th December 7, 2008 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 10 km relay 5
5. November 22, 2009 NorwayNorway Beitostølen 4 × 10 km relay 6
6th November 20, 2011 NorwayNorway Sjusjøen 4 × 10 km relay 7
7th February 12, 2012 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město na Moravě 4 × 10 km relay 8
8th. November 25, 2012 SwedenSweden Gällivare 4 × 7.5 km relay 9
9. December 6, 2015 NorwayNorway Lillehammer 4 × 7.5 km relay 10

4thWith Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Eldar Rønning and Tore Ruud Hofstad .
5With Tor Arne Hetland , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Tord Asle Gjerdalen .
6thWith Eldar Rønning, Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Ronny Hafsås .
7thWith Eldar Rønning, Finn Hågen Krogh and Lars Berger .
8thWith Eldar Rønning, Niklas Dyrhaug and Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
9With Eldar Rønning, Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Sjur Røthe .
10With Niklas Dyrhaug, Hans Christer Holund and Martin Johnsrud Sundby.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 16, 2005 FinlandFinland Vuokatti 15 km freestyle individual start Scandinavian Cup
2. January 14, 2006 SwedenSweden Skellefteå 15 km classic individual start Scandinavian Cup
3. January 15, 2006 SwedenSweden Skellefteå 15 km freestyle individual start Scandinavian Cup
4th February 25, 2006 NorwayNorway Nes 2 × 15 km skiathlon Scandinavian Cup

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No. date place run discipline
1. December 16, 2012 ItalyItaly Livigno La Sgambeda 42 km freestyle mass start
2. December 15, 2013 ItalyItaly Livigno La Sgambeda 42 km freestyle mass start

statistics

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

Year and place competition
15 km Skiathlon 50 km sprint Season Team sprint
2010 Vancouver 41. 11. 1. 3. 2. 1.
2014 Sochi - 16. 18th 10. 4th 4th

Nordic World Ski Championships

Year and place competition
15 km Skiathlon 50 km sprint Season Team sprint
2007 Sapporo 24. 5. - - 1. 7th
2009 Liberec 29 1. 1. - 1. -
2011 Oslo - 1. 1. 2. 1. 2.
2013 Val di Fiemme 1. 4th 21st 2. 1. 11.
2015 Falun 62. 11. 1. 1. 1. 1.
2017 Lahti - - 8th. 5. - -

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 4th 2 4th 3 1 9 9 6th 38 9
2nd place 2 1 4th 2 6th 10 4th 29 1
3rd place 3 1 2 2 6th 3 17th 2
Top 10 12 5 28 7th 4th 24 46 17th 143 2 14th
Scoring 15th 9 46 10 7th 49 62 19th 217 2 14th
Starts 15th 11 49 13 9 52 70 19th 238 2 14th
Status: end of career
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
2005/06 309 14th 225 14th 84 24.
2006/07 443 7th 119 24. 124 18th
2007/08 475 12. 166 24. 181 14th
2008/09 1220 2. 492 3. 308 5.
2009/10 1621 1. 749 1. 352 2.
2010/11 1236 2. 512 4th 204 7th
2011/12 1199 3. 619 5. 140 21st
2012/13 1561 1. 632 3. 329 2.
2013/14 580 6th 206 9. 94 25th
2014/15 1047 2. 401 5. 214 8th.
2015/16 1602 2. 526 8th. 476 2.
2016/17 94 65. 1 118. 93 27.

Placements in World Cup stage races

season Nordic Opening Tour de Ski World Cup Final Ski Tour Canada
2006/07 - 4th - -
2007/08 - 8th. 6th -
2008/09 - 2. 4th -
2009/10 - 2. 1. -
2010/11 - 2. 1. -
2011/12 1. 3. - -
2012/13 1. 4th 1. -
2013/14 13. 3. - -
2014/15 15th 1. - -
2015/16 2. 4th - 3.
2016/17 - - - -

Others

Northug belongs to the generation of the Norwegian cross-country skier who their training since its inclusion in the squad have systematically (pulse and load values as well track length etc. of every training). It turned out that he trained significantly more and with significantly lower intensity than the competition in Germany or other non-Scandinavian countries. While in Germany around a third of running training takes place above the anaerobic threshold, it was only 9% for these Norwegians.

Since the summer of 2007, Northug, who quickly attracted a lot of media interest in Norway, but quickly lost sympathy due to rash statements and his arrogant finishings, has been advising Bjørn Dæhlie on non-sports matters .

In July 2010 , Northug took part in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and finished 653rd out of 7,319 players. For this he received prize money of around US $ 20,000 . In mid-August 2010 he played on the European Poker Tour in Barcelona and cashed in at a side event of the No Limit Hold'em variant and at the main event .

On May 4, 2014, Northug caused a traffic accident with 1.65 per thousand alcohol in the blood. There was a high level of property damage and his passenger was injured. Following the accident, he claimed that it was not he but his passenger who drove. On October 9, 2014, he was sentenced to 50 days' imprisonment, a fine of NOK 185,000, and five years of driving license disqualification. In August 2020, he announced that he had been stopped by the police for excessive speed. This then found around 10 grams of cocaine at his home .

Northug's younger brothers Tomas , who won gold in the sprint and Norwegian relay at the 2010 Junior World Championships, and Even are cross-country skiers too.

Web links

Commons : Petter Northug  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Petter Northug was supposed to be a ski jumper . www.xc-ski.de. November 28, 2006. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ Cross Country Men 4 × 10.0 km Relay C / F (PDF; 819 kB) www.fis-ski.com. March 26, 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  4. ^ Family Pedersen wins Norwegian relay championship, discussions about Northug . www.xc-ski.de. January 23, 2006. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved on February 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ Double victory for German cross-country skiers - Teichmann world champion for the second time . www.kalev.ee. February 24, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  6. ^ Northug at Sapporo 4x10km relay (Swedish) . www.youtube.com. March 5, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  7. ↑ Petter Northug is world champion in double pursuit . www.kalev.ee. February 22, 2009. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved on February 22, 2009.
  8. ↑ Petter Northug, beastly finish in the 2009 30km world championships . www.youtube.com. February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  9. ↑ The silver one shimmers golden . www.faz.net. February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
  10. ↑ Northug destroys Teichmann in mens relay final! WSC Liberec 2009 . www.youtube.com. February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
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personal data
SURNAME Northug, Petter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Northug, Petter Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosvik , Nord-Trøndelag, Norway