Johan Kjølstad

Johan Kjølstad
Country Norway
Born (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983
Levanger Municipality, Norway
Ski clubSkogn IL
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (20022012)
Indiv. starts68
Indiv. podiums7
Indiv. wins3
Team starts6
Team podiums4
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2006)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
2009 Liberec Team sprint
2009 Liberec Individual sprint
Junior World Championships
2003 Sollefteå Individual sprint

Johan Kjølstad (born 9 March 1983) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002.

Born in Levanger Municipality, he represents the sports club Skogn IL.[1]

Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the individual sprint event at Turin in 2006.[1] He finished sixth overall in the Sprint Cup at the 2007-08 Cross-country Skiing World Cup, and won one of the races.

At the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Kjølstad won the sprint prologue before American Andrew Newell and Russian Alexei Petukhov. In the quarter-finals, Kjølstad progressed alongside Swiss World Cup leader Dario Cologna. Then, Kjølstad defeated Nikolay Morilov in the semi-final and went to the final heat, being a medal favourite. Here, he fought with Ola Vigen Hattestad for the gold, having broken free from the other four competitors. At the sprint final, Vigen Hattestad defeated Kjølstad who grabbed the silver medal. The following day, Kjølstad teamed up with Vigen Hattestad to win gold in the team sprint event.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2006 23 7
2010 27 9

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2009 26 Silver Gold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2002 19 NC NC
2003 20 128 71
2004 21 NC NC
2005 22 22 7
2006 23 15 5
2007 24 33 8
2008 25 25 NC 6 DNF
2009 26 38 NC 11 77
2010 27 74 32
2011 28 80 40
2012 29 109 56

Individual podiums

  • 3 victories – (2 WC, 1 SWC)
  • 7 podiums – (6 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  2004–05  4 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland 1.35 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
2 16 January 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
3  2005–06  30 December 2005 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
4 22 January 2006 Oberstdorf, Germany 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
5 2007–08 1 December 2007 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
6  2008–09  14 December 2008 Davos, Switzerland 1.7 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
7 18 March 2009 Stockholm, Sweden 1.0 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st

Team podiums

  • 2 victories (2 TS)
  • 4 podiums (4 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 2005–06 23 October 2005 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Iversen
2 18 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Rønning
3  2007–08  28 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Hetland
4 2010–11 16 January 2011 Liberec, Czech Republic 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint C World Cup 1st Hattestad

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile: Johan Kjølstad". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  2. ^ "KJOELSTAD Johan". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.