Thomas Alsgaard
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1994 Lillehammer | 30 km mass start | |
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 10 km | |
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 10 km | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 10 km | |
| Gold | 1999 Ramsau | 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit | |
| Gold | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 10 km | |
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 30 km | |
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1999 Ramsau | 30 km | |
| Silver | 1999 Ramsau | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1997 Trondheim | 30 km | |
Thomas Alsgaard (born January 10, 1972) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He comes from Flateby in Enebakk.
He won his first gold medal in an international championship in the 30 km race at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He won gold medals in the Men's 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit and the 4 x 10 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In the 2002 Winter Olympics, Alsgaard was part of the gold medal winning Men's 4 × 10 km cross country team. He also won gold in the men's 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit though he finished behind Johann Mühlegg in the race (tied with Frode Estil) He would share the gold medal with Estil when the IOC disqualified Mühlegg in February 2004.
Alsgaard also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning a total of nine medals. This included six golds (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1999, 30 km: 2003, and 4 x 10 km: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003), two silvers (30 km: 1999, 4 x 10 km: 1999), and one bronze (30 km: 1997). Additionally, he won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2002.
He won the Holmenkollen medal in 2001 (Shared with Adam Malysz and Bente Skari.).
[edit] Early life
Thomas Alsgaard began cross country ski racing at the age of three. That was when he was entered into a race against many 5-year olds. He beat all of them.
A year later, it was rumored that he was lost in the village the family lived in. In fact, he was found at the local ski area, just about to start his third time around a 9-kilometer loop.
Alsgaard says that his passion for skiing comes from liking to be outdoors.
[edit] Retirement
Alsgaard retired from Nordic racing in 2002. He now works as a technical advisor for Alpina Sports, working in the Nordic boot department. He used to ski on Madshus skis, one of Alpina's partners, with Adidas boots and Salomon bindings.
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| Olympic champions in men's cross country combined/double pursuit |
| 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1994: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1998: Thomas Alsgaard | 2002: Thomas Alsgaard & Frode Estil | 2006: Yevgeny Dementiev |
| Olympic champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing |
| 1956: Veikko Hakulinen | 1960: Sixten Jernberg | 1964: Eero Mäntyranta | 1968: Franco Nones | 1972: Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1976: Sergey Savelyev | 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov | 1984: Nikolay Zimyatov | 1988: Alexey Prokourorov | 1992: Vegard Ulvang | 1994: Thomas Alsgaard | 1998: Mika Myllylä | 2002: Christian Hoffmann |
| World champions in men's cross country combined/double pursuit |
| 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie & Vladimir Smirnov | 1995: Vladmir Smirnov | 1997: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1999: Thomas Alsgaard | 2001: Per Elofsson | 2003: Per Elofsson | 2005: Vincent Vittoz |
| World champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing |
| 1926: Matti Raivio | 1954: Vladimir Kuzin | 1958: Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1962: Eero Mäntyranta | 1966: Eero Mäntyranta | 1970: Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1974: Thomas Magnusson | 1978: Sergey Savelyev | 1982: Thomas Eriksson | 1985: Gunde Svan | 1987: Thomas Wassberg | 1989: Vladimir Smirnov | 1991: Gunde Svan | 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1995: Vladimir Smirnov | 1997: Alexey Prokourorov | 1999: Mika Myllylä | 2001: Andrus Veerpalu | 2003: Thomas Alsgaard |
| Preceded by: Kazuyoshi Funaki |
Holmenkollen medal with Adam Małysz & Bente Skari 2001 |
Succeeded by: Felix Gottwald & Ronny Ackermann |
Categories: 1972 births | Competitors at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Norwegian cross-country skiers | Olympic competitors for Norway | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Olympic silver medalists for Norway | Winter Olympics medalists | Multiple Olympic gold medalists
