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Therese Johaug
Johaug in 2012
Born (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36)
Os, Hedemark, Norway
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Ski clubIL Nansen
World Cup career
Seasons2007–
Podiums100
Wins42
Discipline titles2 – (2013-14, 2015-16)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 7 1 3
Junior World Championships 2 0 1
Total 10 2 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 4x5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 10 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2011 Oslo 30 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme 10 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun 15 km pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun 30 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun 4 × 5 km
Silver medal – second place 2013 Val di Fiemme 15 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo 30 km classic
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Oslo 15 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Val di Fiemme 30 km classical
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Malles 5 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2008 Malles 10 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Tarvisio pursuit

Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed for the clubs Tynset IF and IL Nansen.[2] She is a three-time Olympic medallist.

Athletic career

After skiing some domestic races in the 2006 season, Johaug took part at the Norwegian Championships in 2007, winning a bronze at the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event.[3] She was selected for two World Cup races prior to the World Championships, finishing eighth and 33rd in two interval start races over 10 km, which was enough to be selected for competition in the 30 km distance at the 2007 Sapporo World Championships where she won a surprising bronze medal.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won gold in the 4 x 5 km relay, came sixth in the 15 km pursuit and seventh in the 30 km mass start (classic) race.

Johaug won her first individual gold medal in the 30 km mass start race at the 2011 World Championships in Oslo. She also won gold in the 4 x 5 km relay, bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit and fourth in the 10 km individual start. At the 2013 World Championships she won her second individual gold medal in the 10 km freestyle race.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won the silver medal in the 30 km mass start (free) and the bronze medal in the 10 km classical, she also finished fourth in the 15 km skiathlon.

Johaug and compatriot Martin Johnsrud Sundby became the first Norwegians to win the Tour de Ski when they won the women's and men's competitions in the 2013-14 edition of the race.[4] Johaug subsequently won the overall and distance competitions in the 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.[5]

She won the Birkebeinerrennet ski marathon in 2015 with a time of 2.41.46. That year she also enjoyed her most successful World Championship performance in Falun, where she took three gold medals: two in individual events (the 15km skiathlon and the 30km classic mass start) and one as part of the Norwegian women's team in the 4x5km relay.[6][7][8]

Johaug followed her World Championship success with her best ever World Cup season in 2015-16, winning a second Tour de Ski by overturning a 39-second deficit to Ingvild Flugstad Østberg on the final stage to complete the climb up Alpe Cermis with a lead of 2 minutes 21 seconds over runner-up Østberg.[9] She went on to capture the overall and distance World Cups, rounding off her season by winning the inaugural Ski Tour Canada in a similar fashion to her Tour de Ski win, eradicating Heidi Weng's 30 second lead on the final stage pursuit to take victory by over a minute.[10]

Doping

During a press conference on 13 October 2016 the Norwegian Ski Federation announced that Norwegian skier Therese Johaug, in a urine test taken out of competition on 16 September 2016, had tested postitive for clostebol,[11][12] allegedly after using the dermatological cream Trofodermin, despite, as required by Italian law, the fact that the packaging and tube has a large warning sign on it that it contains a substance classified as doping.[13] The cream had allegedly been bought at a local pharmacy by the Norwegian national team's doctor, Fredrik S. Bendiksen, to cure her lip that got sore (actinic cheilitis) after sunburn during a high altitude training stay in Livigno, Italy in late August 2016. Trofodermin is a registered medicine in Italy and Brazil, but not in Norway. Dr. Bendiksen took full responsibility, and resigned as team doctor during the press conference. However, every athlete is personally responsible of his or her controlled substance abuse, as shown in the case of italian cyclist Stefano Agostini in 2013.[14] Therese Johaug's case is under investigation by Anti-Doping Norway[15] as of October 2016.[16]

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 4 titles – (2 overall, 2 distance)
Season Discipline
2013–14 Overall
Distance
2015–16 Overall
Distance

Season standings

 Season  Age Overall Distance Sprint Tour de Ski
2006–07 18 44 23 – –
2007–08 19 18 15 47 14
2008–09 20 8 7 89 6
2009–10 21 17 14 61 –
2010–11 22 4 3 70 2
2011–12 23 3 3 38 3
2012–13 24 2 2 39 2
2013–14 25 1 1 32 1
2014–15 26 2 2 39 2
2015–16 27 1 1 16 1

Individual victories

  • 42 victories – (20 WC, 22 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2008–09 4 January 2009 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
2 2010–11 28 November 2010 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 10 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
3 9 January 2011 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
4 12 March 2011 Finland Lahti, Finland 10 km M Pursuit World Cup
5 2011–12 27 November 2011 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 10 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
6 8 January 2012 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
7 5 February 2012 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon World Cup
8 3 March 2012 Finland Lahti, Finland 7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon World Cup
9 18 March 2012 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
10 2012–13 6 January 2013 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
11 17 February 2013  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 10 km F Pursuit World Cup
12 17 March 2013 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F Mass Start World Cup
13 24 March 2013 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
14 2013–14 4 January 2014 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 5 km C Individual Stage World Cup
15 5 January 2014 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
16 28 December 2013 -
5 January 2014		 Germany Switzerland Italy Tour de Ski Overall World Cup
17 15 March 2014 Sweden Falun, Sweden 7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon Stage World Cup
18 16 March 2014 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
19 14–16 March 2014 Sweden World Cup Final Overall World Cup
20 2014–15 30 November 2014 Finland Ruka, Finland 10 km C Individual World Cup
21 6 December 2014 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 5 km F Individual Stage World Cup
22 7 December 2014 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 10 km C Pursuit Stage World Cup
23 13 December 2014  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 10 km C Individual World Cup
24 10 January 2015 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km C Mass Start Stage World Cup
25 11 January 2015 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
26 2015–16 28 November 2015 Finland Ruka, Finland 5 km F Individual Stage World Cup
27 29 November 2015 Finland Ruka, Finland 10 km C Pursuit Stage World Cup
28 27–29 November 2015 Finland Nordic Opening Overall World Cup
29 5 December 2015 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon World Cup
30 12 December 2015  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 15 km F Individual World Cup
31 20 December 2015 Italy Toblach, Italy 10 km C Individual World Cup
32 2 January 2016  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland 15 km C Mass Start Stage World Cup
33 6 January 2016 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km C Mass Start Stage World Cup
34 10 January 2016 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Pursuit Final Climb Stage World Cup
35 1–10 January 2016 Switzerland Germany Italy Tour de Ski Overall World Cup
36 23 January 2016 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km F Individual World Cup
37 7 February 2016 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F Mass Start World Cup
38 13 February 2016 Sweden Falun, Sweden 5 km C Individual World Cup
39 14 February 2016 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km F Mass Start World Cup
40 21 February 2016 Finland Lahti, Finland 7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon World Cup
41 2 March 2016 Canada Montreal, Canada 10.5 km C Mass Start Stage World Cup
42 1–12 March 2016 Canada Ski Tour Canada Overall World Cup

Team victories

  • 13 victories
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2007–08 25 November 2007 Norway Beitostølen, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Jacobsen / Skofterud / Bjørgen)
2 9 December 2007  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Stemland / Steira / Skofterud)
3 2008–09 23 November 2008 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Bjørgen / Steira / Kristoffersen)
4 2009–10 7 March 2010 Finland Lahti, Finland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Kristoffersen / Steira / Bjørgen)
5 2010–11 21 November 2010 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Skofterud / Steira / Bjørgen)
6 12 December 2010 France La Clusaz, France Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Skofterud / Steira / Bjørgen)
7 2011–12 20 November 2011 Norway Sjusjøen, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Skofterud / Steira / Bjørgen)
8 12 February 2012 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Skofterud / Jacobsen / Bjørgen)
9 2012–13 25 November 2012 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Skofterud / Hagen / Bjørgen)
10 20 January 2013 France La Clusaz, France Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Weng / Steira / Bjørgen)
11 2013–14 8 December 2013 Norway Lillehammer, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Weng / Steira / Bjørgen)
12 2015–16 6 December 2015 Norway Lillehammer, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Falla / Østberg / Weng)
13 24 January 2016 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 4x5 km M World Cup (with Østberg / Weng / Jacobsen)

Olympic results

  Year    Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4x5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
2010 22 – 6 7 – 1 –
2014 26 3 4 2 – 5 –

World Championship results

  Year    Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4x5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
2007 18 – – 3 – – –
2009 20 10 6 4 – 4 –
2011 22 4 3 1 – 1 –
2013 24 1 2 3 – 1 –
2015 26 27 1 1 – 1 –

References

  1. ^ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 48.
  2. ^ Berg, Stein (6 September 2008). "Johaug i Nansen". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  3. ^ Therese Johaug at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  4. ^ "Johaug and Sundby of Norway win Tour de Ski". Yahoo! Sports. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Therese Johaug and Martin Johnsrud Sundby races into record books". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Therese Johaug wins third gold medal with dominant 30 km victory". International Ski Federation. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Johaug is Skiathlon World Champion 2015 - UPDATED". International Ski Federation. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Norway retain relay crown in Falun". Eurosport. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Johaug and Sundby Champions of Tour de Ski". International Ski Federation. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Johaug and Sundby end impressive seasons with victories". International Ski Federation. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Therese Johaug har testet positivt etter bruk av krem mot solforbrent leppe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Ski Federation. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  12. ^ "Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug tests positive". WTOP. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  13. ^ "Trofodermin - Drugs.com". www.drugs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  14. ^ "Agostini gives up on cycling in letter over doping suspension". Velonews. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  15. ^ "Anti-Doping Norway". Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  16. ^ "Antidoping Norge, pressemelding 13. oktober 2016" (in Norwegian). Anti-Doping Norway. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
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