Simen Østensen

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Simen Østensen Cross-country skiing
Simen Østensen

Simen Østensen

nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 4th August 1984 (age 36)
place of birth Bærum , Norway
Career
society Fossum IF
National squad since 2002
status active
Medal table
National medals 2 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
bronze 2005 Lillehammer Season
silver 2008 Granåsen sprint
gold 2010 Tolga 50 km Mst
silver 2013 soldering 50 km Mst
gold 2014 Molde 15 km C
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 12, 2005
 World Cup victories in the team 2 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 11th ( 2006/07 )
 Sprint World Cup 22. ( 2006/07 )
 Distance World Cup 23rd ( 2007/08 )
 Tour de Ski 03rd ( 2006/07 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Season 1 1 0
 Team sprint 1 0 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 6, 2002
 Continental Cup victories 4 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 1. ( 2013/14 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 4th 1 5
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
 Debut in the Cup March 6, 2005
 Worldloppet Cup victories 2 ( details )
 Overall rating 6. ( 2012/13 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single race 2 1 2
last change: December 31, 2015

Simen Håkon Østensen (born August 4, 1984 ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has achieved success in the sprint disciplines and in long-distance races.

Career

Østensen, who starts for Fossum IF , made his international debut in November 2002 at FIS races in his native Norway . However, neither there nor at his subsequent starts in the Cross-Country Continental Cup did he achieve outstanding results. He then stayed at this level of cross-country skiing for the time being. At the Junior World Championships in 2004 in Stryn , he finished 11th in the mass start over 30 km. Over 10 km in classic style, Østensen finished 42nd in the end. With the Norwegian relay he reached fifth place.

At the beginning of winter 2004/05 he started for the first time in the Scandinavian Cup . Here, too, Østensen continued to gain experience, but there were still no top results or victories. At the end of the season he got his first place in the cross-country skiing world cup at Holmenkollen in Oslo . However, in the 50 km race he had to give up prematurely and did not finish.

In the 2005/06 season, Østensen did not start in the World Cup, but was able to celebrate clear victories at the FIS races in his home country. After he reached some podium places in the Scandinavian Cup at the beginning of the following season , he came to the Tour de Ski 2006/07 in the A-squad. Already in the sprint in Munich he convinced with a good seventh place. He was also seventh over the 30 km in Cavalese . At the end of the tour, Østensen was in third place in the overall ranking and thus celebrated his first major World Cup success. He was only 4 seconds behind the runner-up, Alexander Legkow , and 50 seconds behind the winner Tobias Angerer .

In February, Østensen finished fifth in the Sprint World Cup in Changchun and traveled to Sapporo for the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships . There he started over the 30 km pursuit distance, but could not finish the race. He finished his first World Cup season a little later in 11th place in the overall World Cup standings. He was also 22nd in the Sprint World Cup ranking.

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season he was also part of the Norwegian relay team for the first time. In Beitostølen he ran with the team in sixth place. A little later, the team in Davos missed a first podium finish in fourth place.

At the Tour de Ski 2007/08 , Østensen wore the gold jersey after the sprint in Prague on December 30, 2007, so he was first in the overall standings because he was second behind Nikolai Morilow in the sprint . The Czech Lukáš Bauer , however, already took the lead at the next race. In the end, Østensen only achieved 28th place overall on the tour. In February he achieved his first World Cup victory at the team sprint in Liberec together with Martin Johnsrud Sundby . At the relay World Cup in Falun , Østensen, along with Jens Arne Svartedal , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset and Tord Asle Gjerdalen, only had to admit defeat to the second Norwegian team and ended up in second place.

In the season 2009/10 started Østensen after a year international break with a victory in the qualification of Beitostølen, but could only reach the 28th place in the race. At the Tour de Ski 2009/10 , which took place at the turn of the year , he achieved a very good placement in the sprint stage in Prague with third place. However, as he did not build on this success in any other stage and only finished 25th in the Tour rating. Following the tour, he remained without a World Cup start until March. Only in Lahti did Østensen belong again to the A-squad and won the 4 × 10 km race with the relay on March 7th. A little later he started in his home town of Lillehammer as part of the cross-country skiing marathon cup and finished in a very good third place after 54 km. On March 27, he secured his first Norwegian championship title in Tolga.

In the 2010/11 season , too, it was difficult for Østensen to build on old successes. He had to break off the Tour de Ski 2010/11 prematurely in Val di Fiemme . After he failed to perform well in Otepää , he left the A-squad until the end of the season and started again in FIS races and in the Cross-Country Marathon Cup. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season he came back to the World Cup squad, but only lagged the competition in Sjusjøen and was in 80th place in the end, far behind the targeted World Cup points. Although he was able to win points again in the individual race in Rogla in 23rd place, in his actual parade sprint he had no chance in 53rd place. He then lost his place in the senior squad again.

Only for the Tour de Ski 2012/13 did Østensen return to the national team, but had to stop the tour again prematurely. Back in the cross-country skiing marathon cup, he celebrated a victory over the 63 km between Otepää and Elva in February . Four weeks later he started again in a Sprint World Cup in Drammen , but was 50th again without World Cup points. Surprisingly, Østensen was also back in the A-selection for the 2013/14 season . In Lillehammer he surprised with a good 11th place over the 15 km in classic style. Just one day later, he narrowly missed a podium finish in fourth with the relay.

Back in the Scandinavian Cup, he celebrated victories in Vuokatti and Piteå . At the Norwegian Championship in Molde in 2014 , he secured his second national title over 15 km. Just over a week later, he secured victory in the Cross-Country Skiing Marathon Cup at Marcialonga in Val di Fiemme. At the end of the season in the World Cup, he ran in Oslo over the 50 km individual distance again in tenth place.

In the 2016/17 season he took third place at the Birkebeinerrennet and at the Reistadløpet and thus achieved ninth place in the overall Ski Classics ranking.

successes

World Cup victories in the team
No. date place discipline
1. February 17, 2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Liberec 6 × 1.4 km team sprint classic 1
2. March 7, 2010 FinlandFinland Lahti 4 × 10 km relay 2
Victories in Continental Cup races
No. date place discipline series
1. December 14, 2013 FinlandFinland Vuokatti 15 km classic individual start Scandinavian Cup
2. January 6, 2014 SwedenSweden Piteå 15 km freestyle individual start Scandinavian Cup
3. February 7, 2014 NorwayNorway Meråker 15 km freestyle individual start Scandinavian Cup
4th February 9, 2014 NorwayNorway Meråker 30 km classic mass start Scandinavian Cup
Wins in Worldloppet Cup races Note
No. date place run discipline
1. 17th February 2013 EstoniaEstonia Otepää Tartu Maraton 63 km classic mass start
2. January 26, 2014 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa Marcialonga 70 km classic mass start 3
3At the same time part of the Ski Classics .
NoteBefore the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .
Victories in ski classics races
No. date place run discipline
1. January 26, 2014 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa Marcialonga 70 km classic mass start 4
4thAlso part of the Marathon Cup .

Placements in the World Cup

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 c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place   1 1
2nd place   1
3rd place 1 1
Top 10 2 1 1 3 1 8th 1 6th
Scoring 1 13 1 3 6th 4th 28 1 6th
Starts 1 19th 5 3 11 5 44 1 6th
Status: end of season 2014/15
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
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001
World Cup overall placements
season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
2006/07 362 11. 14th 76. 108 22nd
2007/08 266 27. 167 23. 87 32.
2008/09 - - - - - -
2009/10 132 54. 23 80. 85 29
2010/11 118 53. 31 60. 87 27.
2011/12 8th 143. 8th 89. - -
2012/13 - - - - - -
2013/14 63 80. 63 49. - -
2014/15 112 56. 82 40. - -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2004 - Men's 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on August 31, 2014
  2. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2004 - Men's 10 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on August 31, 2014
  3. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2004 - Men's Rel 4x10 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on August 31, 2014
  4. ↑ FIS World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 30 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on August 31, 2014
  5. ↑ National Championships 2010 - Men's 50 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on August 31, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Østensen, Simen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Østensen, Simen Håkon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Bærum , Norway