Håvard Klemetsen
Appearance
Håvard Klemetsen | |
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Born | Kautokeino, Norway | 5 January 1979
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
Ski club | Kautokeino IL |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 2003–2017 |
Podiums | 7 |
Wins | 1 |
Medal record |
Håvard Klemetsen (born 5 January 1979) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino IL. He debuted in the World Cup in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011. Klemetsen also finished 20th in the 15 km individual event at the 2005 championships.
Klemetsen finished 20th in the 15 km individual at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His best individual career finish was second in a 7.5 km sprint event in Park City, Utah in the United States in 2002.
In April 2017, he announced his retirement from sport.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 84.
- ^ "Norwegian veteran Håvard Klemetsen retires". fis-ski.com. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Haavard Klemetsen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Official website (in Norwegian)
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Kautokeino
- Sportspeople from Finnmark
- Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers
- Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Norwegian winter sports biography stubs
- Nordic skiing biography stubs