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Timon Haugan
Timon Haugan (born 27 December 1996) is a Norwegian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who specializes in Slalom skiing, slalom. At the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2016, 2016 Junior World Championships, Haugan finished eleventh at best, but returned in World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2017, 2017 and won the silver medal in the giant slalom. Haugan made his World Cup debut in December 2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2017 in Italy at Canalone Miramonti, Madonna di Campiglio, and also collected his first World Cup points with a 24th-place finish. His first podium (and first top ten) came in February 2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2020, as the runner-up in the slalom at Chamonix, France. He represents the sports club Oppdal. World Cup results Season standings Race podiums * 1 win (1 Slalom skiing, SL) * 5 podiums (4 SL, 1 Giant slalom, GS); 19 top tens World Championship results References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slalom Skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, and at the Olympic Winter Games. History The term slalom comes from the Morgedal/Seljord dialect of Norwegian language, Norwegian word "slalåm": "sla", meaning "slightly inclining hillside", and "låm", meaning "track after skis". The inventors of modern skiing classified their trails according to their difficulty. ''Slalåm'' was a trail used in Telemark by boys and girls not yet able to try themselves on the more challenging runs. ''Ufsilåm'' was a trail with one obstacle (''ufse'') like a jump, a fence, a difficult turn, a gorge, a cliff (often more than high) and more. ''Uvyrdslåm'' was a trail with several obstacle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
