Espen Andersen (born 28 October 1993) is a Norwegian

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skier.

Career

At the 2012 Junior World Championships], he won a bronze medal in the 5 km Gundersen event and a fourth place in the team competition and fifth in the 10 km. At the FIS Junior Ski World Championships 2013, 2013 Junior World Championships, he managed sixth place. At the

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, he finished 20th in mass start, seventh in Gundersen, and fourth in the team competition. He made his

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debut in March 2013 in

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, with a 47th place, and collected his first World Cup points with a 20th-place finish in March 2014—also in Oslo. He first made the top 15 with a 12th place in January 2015 in

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. He hails from

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, represents the sports club Lommedalens IL but relocated to

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to train.

World Cup wins

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-wintersport-bio-stub