Håvard Klemetsen (born 5 January 1979) is a Norwegian former

Nordic combined skier Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino I.L. He debuted in the

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in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the

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with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011. Klemetsen also finished 20th in the 15 km individual event at the 2005 championships. Klemetsen finished 20th in the 15 km individual at the

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. His best individual career finish was second in a 7.5 km sprint event in

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in the

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in 2002. In April 2017, he announced his retirement from sport.

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* * 1979 births Living people People from Kautokeino Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Olympic gold medalists for Norway Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Sportspeople from Troms og Finnmark 21st-century Norwegian people {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub