Stian Kvarstad

Stian Kvarstad
nation	Norway
birthday	January 25, 1973
Career
society	Ham-Kam
National squad	since 1992
Pers. Best	183 m ( Vikersund 1998)
status	resigned
End of career	1999
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	March 11, 1993
Overall World Cup	50th ( 1997/98 )
Four Hills Tournament	61. ( 1997/98 )
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Overall Grand Prix	52nd ( 1997 )

Stian Kvarstad (born January 25, 1973 ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper .

Kvarstad began his international career in the Continental Cup (COC) in 1992 . In his first season of this series, he reached 30th place overall with 30 points. On March 11, 1993, he made his debut in the ski jumping World Cup in Lillehammer . He reached the 41st place on the large hill. In the following two years he was unable to achieve any success in the Continental Cup and mostly ended up only in the rear. He was also unsuccessful in the World Cup competitions in his native Norway, for which he was nominated annually. Only in 1996 did he make it into the points in Lillehammer with 29th place. In the Continental Cup season 1997/98 he was able to increase his performance significantly and ended the season in 8th place in the overall standings with a total of 538 points. For this reason he was a permanent member of the World Cup team from February 1998. In ski flying in Vikersund , he reached 7th place on February 28, 1998, his highest individual placement in a World Cup competition. In the second ski flying World Cup a day later, he also landed within the points. In the following three World Cup competitions in Kuopio and Lahti , however, he remained unsuccessful and pointless. At the end of the season he was in 50th place in the overall World Cup ranking. It was his last World Cup season. For the 1998/99 season he started again in the Continental Cup, but remained unsuccessful there and ended his active career as a ski jumper in 1999.

Web links

• Stian Kvarstad in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)