Thea Krokan Murud

Thea Krokan Murud
nation	Norway
birthday	6th June 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Norway
Career
society	Søre Ål IL
status	active
Medal table
U23 medals 0 × 1 × 0 × National medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Cross-country skiing U23 world championships silver 2017 Soldier Hollow sprint  Norwegian championships bronze 2016 Tromso 10 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 11, 2015  Overall World Cup 103rd ( 2016/17 )  Sprint World Cup 76th (2016/17)
last change: August 3, 2017

Thea Krokan Murud (born June 6, 1994 ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Murud, who competes for Søre Ål IL, first appeared at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2011 in Liberec . There she won the silver medal over 7.5 km classic. The following year she finished 14th over 5 km classic and sixth place in the relay at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2012 in Erzurum . In February 2014 she started in Meråker in the Scandinavian Cup for the first time and achieved 36th place in the sprint. She ran her first World Cup race in March 2015 in Drammen , which she finished in 49th place in the sprint. In January 2016 she was third over 10 km classic at the Norwegian Championships in Tromsø . At the U23 World Championships 2016 in Rasnov , she took 26th place in the sprint, 16th place over 10 km classic and 13th place over 10 km classic. The following year, she won the silver medal in the sprint at the 2017 U23 World Championships in Soldier Hollow . In March 2017 she got her first World Cup points with 25th place in the sprint in Drammen. She took part in the Ski Classics for the first time in the 2019/20 season. She finished tenth in the overall ranking. Her best placement of the season was fifth at La Diagonela .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 24, 2018	Trondheim	5 km classic individual start	Scandinavian Cup

Web links

• Thea Krokan Murud in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)