Tord Asle Gjerdalen

Tord Asle Gjerdalen
Tord Asle Gjerdalen (2010)
nation	Norway
birthday	3rd August 1983 (age 37)
place of birth	Hønefoss , Norway
size	182 cm
Weight	74 kg
Career
society	IL Holeværingen Fossum IF
National squad	since 2002
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 2 × 0 × 2 × National medals 2 × 1 × 1 × JWM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships gold 2011 Oslo 4x10 km relay bronze 2011 Oslo 50 km freestyle gold 2013 Val di Fiemme 4x10 km relay bronze 2013 Val di Fiemme 15 km freestyle  Norwegian championships silver 2006 Vadsø 50 km gold 2009 Gjøvik Skiathlon gold 2010 Stokke Skiathlon bronze 2011 Steinkjer Skiathlon  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships silver 2003 Sollefteå Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup February 24, 2004  World Cup victories in the team 01 ( details )  Overall World Cup 04th ( 2007/08 )  Sprint World Cup 18th (2007/08)  Distance World Cup 09th (2007/08)  Tour de Ski 04th ( 2007/08 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 0 1 0  Season 1 3 2
last change: May 25, 2014

Tord Asle Gjerdalen (born August 3, 1983 in Hønefoss , Viken ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

2002 to 2008

Gjerdalen, who starts for Fossum IF, has been competing in international competitions since the end of 2002. At first he started mainly in FIS races , in addition in Continental Cup races, at junior world championships, where he won silver with the Norwegian relay team at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Sollefteå , and Norwegian championships. In February 2004, he was used in a sprint race in Trondheim , where he was 67th, for the first time in the cross-country world cup .

Until the 2005/06 season , Gjerdalen mostly started in lower-class races, only rarely in the World Cup. In Beitostølen he won World Cup points for the first time in 12th place over 15 kilometers. In Lago di Tesero , he came seventh in the 30-kilometer race for the first time in the top ten. With the season Gjerdalen was third there. His best result to date in a single race was fourth in Falun at the end of the season . Shortly before, he was in two races at the 2006 Olympic Games of Turin begun. In the pursuit of Pragelato he finished 17th, over 50 kilometers he was fifteenth.

He finished the overall World Cup 2005/06 in 34th place, in the Distance World Cup he finished 22nd. In the 2006/07 season he was not able to continuously stabilize his performance in the World Cup. But the start of the cross-country skiing world cup 2007/08 in Beitostølen was positive with good placements. He finished the Tour de Ski 2007/2008 in fourth place and narrowly missed the overall podium. He finished eleventh at the national championships in Trondheim on the trails around the Granåsen ski jumping facility. A week later, he reached the Swedish Falun in the 30-km pursuit in second place his first World Cup podium. Also with the relay on the next day he reached second place. At the end of the season in Bormio he was on the podium again. In the end, he finished fourth in the season's overall standings. In the Sprint World Cup he reached 18th place and in the Distance World Cup he came ninth.

Since 2008/2009

At the beginning of the 2008/09 season he started cautiously. In La Clusaz he finished fifth in the mass start over 30 km. During the season he celebrated his first World Cup victory with Tor Arne Hetland , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Petter Northug . After this victory, however, his performance dropped unexpectedly. He clearly missed out on the points in the Classic World Cup and the sprint in Davos . It was only at the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in Gjøvik in January 2009 that he was able to convince again and secured the championship title in the pursuit over 30 km. Two weeks later at the World Cup in Rybinsk he was sixth in the mass start.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec , Gjerdalen reached 14th place in the pursuit. In the 50 km mass start he was 20th. After the world championship, his performance collapsed again. In the World Cup he remained without winning points. He finished the Tour de Ski 2009/2010 in 13th place.

Despite rather disappointing performances, Gjerdalen was part of the squad for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . There he was able to achieve 19th place in the 30 km skiathlon and finished in individual over 15 km on 28th place. After the games, he was able to take 11th place in the individual world cup in Lahti and thus win World Cup points for a long time. In the season he reached second place.

Also at the beginning of the 2010/11 season he started with increasing performances. He finished eighth in La Clusaz and third with the season. After rather mixed performance in consequence of these good finishes, he won the relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Norway Oslo the world title in the relay and surprisingly km in the mass start over 50 bronze. In the first World Cup after the World Cup in Lahti, he again won points with a good top 20 placement.

At the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships 2012 in Voss , he could not finish the individual competition over 15 km and also only reached 27th place in the skiathlon. He was then relegated from the World Cup squad and only started again in the World Cup for the 2012/13 Tour de Ski , which he finished in 21st place. At the Norwegian Championships in Gåsbu in 2013 , he reached fourth place in both skiathlon and individual over 15 km and narrowly missed the podium.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Italian di Val Fiemme he started in singles and skiathlon. He was able to win the bronze medal in the individual and reached 12th place in the skiathlon over 30 km. With the Norwegian relay he became world champion. In April 2013 he won the Haukelirennet over 32 km freestyle.

At the Tour de Ski 2013/14 he reached a good sixth place overall. Although he only because the World Cup in following Toblach denied and 57th remained without points profit, he was part of the team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Sochi . After finishing 20th in the skiathlon, he finished 21st in the final 50 km individual race. In the 2014/15 season he took part in marathons in the Ski Classics . He won the Marcialonga and took third place at the Jizera Mountains Run and the King Ludwig Run and also achieved third place in the overall standings. The following season he won the Marcialonga and the Toblach-Cortina . He also finished second at La Diagonela and third at the Kaiser-Maximilian-Lauf and at the end of the season came second in the overall ranking of the Ski Classics . After second places in the Scandinavian Cup in Lillehammer over 10 km freestyle and in the 30 km mass start race at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he won La Sgambeda , Marcialonga and Toblach-Cortina. He also took third place at the Jizera Mountains Run and second place each at the Kaiser Maximilian Run, La Diagonela and Årefjällsloppet , winning the overall ranking of the Ski Classics at the end of the season .

In the following season Gjerdalen triumphed in the Kaiser-Maximilian-Lauf , La Diagonela , Toblach-Cortina and the Reistadløpet . He was also runner - up at the Birkebeinerrennet and at the Ylläs – Levi and, as in the previous year, won the overall ranking of the Ski Classics . In the 2018/19 season he came second in the La Diagonela and third place in the Ski Classics overall standings at the Jizera Mountains . In the following season he took second place at La Diagonela and Marcialonga, second place in the overall ranking of the Ski Classics.

successes

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 7, 2008	La Clusaz	4 × 10 km relay 1

¹ With Tor Arne Hetland , Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Petter Northug .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	January 7, 2007	Sjusjøen	10 km freestyle individual start	Scandinavian Cup
2.	December 14, 2014	Lillehammer	30 km classic mass start	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.	January 25, 2015	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	57 km classic mass start 2
2.	January 31, 2016	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	70 km classic mass start 2
3.	29th January 2017	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	57 km classic mass start 2

² At the same time part of the Ski Classics .

Victories in ski classics races

No.	date	place	run	discipline
1.	January 25, 2015	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	57 km classic mass start 3
2.	January 31, 2016	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	70 km classic mass start 3
3.	February 13, 2016	Toblach	Toblach – Cortina	32 km classic mass start
4th	3rd December 2016	Livigno	La Sgambeda	30 km classic mass start
5.	29th January 2017	Val di Fiemme / Val di Fassa	Marcialonga	57 km classic mass start 3
6th	February 11, 2017	Toblach	Toblach – Cortina	50 km classic mass start
7th	January 13, 2018	Seefeld in Tyrol	Kaiser Maximilian Run	60 km classic mass start
8th.	20th January 2018	Zuoz	La Diagonela	65 km classic mass start
9.	3rd February 2018	Toblach	Toblach – Cortina	50 km classic mass start
10.	April 7, 2018	Bardufoss	Reistadløpet	50 km classic mass start

³ At the same time part of the marathon or Worldloppet Cup .

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2006 Turin : 15th 50 km freestyle mass start, 17th 30 km pursuit
• 2010 Vancouver : 19th place 30 km pursuit, 28th place 15 km freestyle
• 2014 Sochi : 20th place 30 km skiathlon, 21st place 50 km freestyle mass start

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2009 Liberec : 14th place 30 km pursuit, 20th place 50 km freestyle mass start
• 2011 Oslo : 1st place relay, 3rd place 50 km freestyle mass start, 17th place 30 km pursuit
• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 1st place relay, 3rd place 15 km freestyle, 6th place 50 km classic mass start, 12th place 30 km skiathlon

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 c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place											1
2nd place	1					1			2		3
3rd place											2
Top 10	1		3	5	2	8th	2	2	23		9
Scoring	6th	1	18th	6th	2	27	7th	8th	75		15th
Starts	11	3	33	8th	7th	29	20th	9	120		15th
Status: end of season 2018/19

^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
2005/06	157	34.	157	22nd	-	-
2006/07	39	85.	39	51.	-	-
2007/08	692	4th	353	9.	139	18th
2008/09	183	40.	125	32.	22nd	66.
2009/10	197	39.	106	35.	11	86.
2010/11	237	33.	161	24.	16	73.
2011/12	3	150.	1	96.	-	-
2012/13	143	50.	99	41.	-	-
2013/14	258	30th	98	36.	-	-

Web links

• Tord Asle Gjerdalen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Tord Asle Gjerdalen on vismaskiclassics.com
• Tord Asle Gjerdalen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result Haukelirennet 2013