Thomas Alsgaard

Thomas Alsgaard
Thomas Alsgaard (2013)
nation	Norway
birthday	10th January 1972 (age 48)
place of birth	Lørenskog , Norway
Career
society	Eidsvold Vaerk Ski Club
status	End of career
Medal table
Olympic medals 5 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 6 × 2 × 1 × JWM medals 3 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 1994 Lillehammer 30 km freestyle silver 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km gold 1998 Nagano persecution gold 1998 Nagano 4 × 10 km gold 2002 Salt Lake City persecution gold 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 10 km  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km bronze 1997 Trondheim 30 km freestyle gold 1997 Trondheim 4 × 10 km silver 1999 Ramsau 30 km freestyle gold 1999 Ramsau persecution silver 1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km gold 2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 30 km classic gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 1991 Reit im Winkl 10 km classic gold 1991 Reit im Winkl 30 km classic gold 1991 Reit im Winkl 4 x 10 km silver 1992 Vuokatti 10 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 9, 1993  World Cup victories in individual 13 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 1997/98 )  Sprint World Cup 1. (1997/98)  Distance World Cup 1. (1997/98)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 2 0 0  Distance races 11 11 5  Season 3 1 1  Team sprint 0 0 1
last change: 2010-03-22

Thomas Alsgaard (born January 10, 1972 in Lørenskog ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier and is one of the most successful winter sports enthusiasts.

Career

Alsgaard grew up in Flateby village in Enebakk parish . At the Junior World Championships in 1991 in Reit im Winkl , he won the gold medal over ten and 30 kilometers in singles and with the Norwegian 4x10 kilometer relay, making him the most successful athlete at the event with the Czechoslovak Milan Kučera . The following year he won the silver medal over 10 km classic at the Junior World Championships in Vuokatti . His first success at a major event was winning the gold medal in the 30 km run at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer .

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he won gold in the 15 km pursuit and with the relay. Four years later, at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City , Alsgaard was again double Olympic champion when Johann Mühlegg, who started for Spain , was stripped of the gold medal for doping and the Norwegian, who originally placed second, was subsequently declared the winner of the 20 km pursuit. The second gold he won again with the relay.

Alsgaard was also very successful at world championships, with six gold, two silver and one bronze medal, which he won between 1995 and 2003. In 2001 he received the Holmenkollen Medal . When performing the skating technique , Alsgaard coined a style variation known as the “Alsgaard step” (also called Enkeldans ).

After the end of his career as a cross-country skier in 2002, Alsgaard tried his hand at rallying and biathlete . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he was assistant coach for the Swedish cross-country skiing team. Alsgaard works as a technical consultant for Alpina Boots and is involved in the development of ski boots for cross-country skiers.

In March 2008, 5 years after the end of his career, Alsgaard reached 5th place in the 90-kilometer Wasalauf .

Thomas Alsgaard has been married to the Norwegian cross-country skier Rønnaug Schei since December 30, 2004 .

successes

winter Olympics

• 1994 in Lillehammer : Gold over 30 km, silver with the relay
• 1998 in Nagano : Gold in the pursuit race, gold with the relay
• 2002 in Salt Lake City : Gold in the pursuit race, gold with the relay

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1995 in Thunder Bay : Gold with the relay
• 1997 in Trondheim : gold with the relay, bronze over 30 km
• 1999 in Ramsau : Gold in the pursuit race, silver over 30 km, silver with the relay
• 2001 in Lahti : Gold with the relay
• 2003 in Val di Fiemme : Gold over 30 km, gold with the relay

Norwegian championships

• 1993 : Silver over 10 km, silver over 15 km
• 1994 : Gold over 15 km, silver over 30 km
• 1995 : Silver over 10 km, silver over 15 km
• 1996 : Gold over 30 km
• 1997 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km, bronze over 10 km
• 1999 : Gold over 15 km, silver over 10 km, silver over 30 km
• 2000 : Gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km
• 2001 : Silver over 10 km, silver over 15 km, silver over 30 km
• 2005 : Silver in the team sprint
• 2011 : Bronze over 15 km
• 2012 : Bronze over 15 km

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	February 14, 1994	Lillehammer	30 km freestyle 1
2.	January 8, 1998	Ramsau	15 km classic single
3.	January 10, 1998	Ramsau am Dachstein	30 km freestyle
4th	March 11, 1998	Falun	10 km freestyle singles
5.	February 23, 1999	Ramsau am Dachstein	25 km pursuit 2
6th	December 11, 1999	Sappada	10 km classic + freestyle
7th	January 12, 2000	Nové Město	15 km classic single
8th.	December 17, 2000	Brusson	1 km sprint freestyle
9.	February 10, 2001	Otepää	10 km classic single
10.	March 7, 2001	Oslo	1 km sprint classic
11.	March 9, 2002	Falun	2 × 10 km pursuit
12.	March 16, 2002	Oslo	50 km freestyle singles
13.	March 23, 2002	Lillehammer	58 km classic mass start

¹ 1994 Winter Olympics.

² Nordic World Ski Championships 1999.

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	March 10, 2002	Falun	4 × 10 km relay 3
2.	December 8, 2002	Davos	4 × 10 km relay 4
3.	January 19, 2003	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay 5

³With Frode Estil , Anders Aukland and Kristen Skjeldal .

^4thWith Anders Aukland, Tore Bjonviken and Tor Arne Hetland .

⁵With Anders Aukland, Frode Estil and Tore Ruud Hofstad .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	November 19, 1994	Beitostølen	10 km classic	Continental Cup

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Long distance 6		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1992/93	130	20th	-	-	-	-
1993/94	326	7th	-	-	-	-
1994/95	429	6th	-	-	-	-
1995/96	352	8th.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	194	17th	32	28.	52	24.
1997/98	790	1.	351	1.	486	1.
1998/99	266	13.	80	18th	86	27.
1999/2000	461	5.	125 336	8. 7 4. 8	-	-
2000/01	474	3.	-	-	200	6th
2001/02	777	2.	-	-	89	21st
2002/03	94	46.	-	-	21st	43.

^6thIn the 1999/2000 season, a long distance World Cup for races with a length of at least 30 km and a middle distance World Cup for races with a length of 10-15 km were held.

^7th Long distance world cup.

^8th Middle distance world cup.

See also

• List of the most successful Winter Olympians

Web links

• Thomas Alsgaard in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Profile of Thomas Alsgaard on skisport365.com
• Thomas Alsgaard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Lindinger Biomechanical analyzes of skating techniques in cross-country skiing. Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-89899-105-9 , p. 107.