Audun Endestad (born January 19, 1953) is a

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-born American cross-country skier, author and field guide. He is a past Olympic, World and National Team cross-country skier.

Biography

Audun Gudmund Endestad was born in

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. Endestad competed from 1984 to 1997. He finished 18th in the 50 km event at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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. He is a six-time Great American Ski Chase champion and 13-time National cross-country skiing champion.

Family

Endestad is married to Sally Zack, a former Olympic, World and National Team Bicycle Racer, who competed for the

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in Olympic cycling in 1988 and 1992. They live in

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and own the Endestad Atomic Ski Camp.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

References

Selected works

External links

Sports-Reference.com profile.

1953 births Living people American male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States People from Vågsøy Norwegian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Vestland {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub