Kristen Skjeldal

Kristen Skjeldal

Kristen Skjeldal (born May 27, 1967) is an Olympic champion and cross country skier from Norway. He has won three olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He won his first gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. He finished fourth in 30 km freestyle event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, but was awarded the bronze medal upon Spain's Johann Mühlegg blood-doping disqualification. Skjeldal also won a gold medal in 4 x 10 km relay at those same games.

His beat finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was a 6th in the 50 km event in 1999. Skjeldal has also won thirteeh cross country skiing events of various distances between 1991 and 2006.

Skjeldal was still an active skier in 2005, located in his ski club in Bulken, Norway. His brother Gudmund Skjeldal also has participated in the Olympics.

I 2005 Gudmund published a biography about his brother, called "Den siste langrennaren".

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* [http://www.samlaget.no/artikkel.cfm?path=17&id=689 From the publisher Samlaget (in Norwegian)]


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