Athletic career
2015–16: World Cup debut
Klæbo made his debut in the World Cup in the 2015–16 season in the classic sprint in Drammen, Norway on 3 February 2016. He finished 15th in the race.2016–17: Breakthrough season
In the following 2016–17 season, Klæbo achieved his first World Cup podium after finishing third in the classic sprint in2017–18: Olympic success and World Cup overall
Klæbo participated in his first Olympics at the2018–19: Tour de Ski, World Championships, and second World Cup overall
Klæbo won the 2018–19 Tour de Ski in his first appearance in the Tour. 22 years and 76 days old, he became the youngest skier to win the overall2019–20: Hand injury and fourth World Cup sprint title
After a shorter season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a hand injury resulting in a short absence from competing, Klæbo placed second overall in the 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, 2019–20 World Cup. He also placed third in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski and achieved his best end-of-season ranking in the distance discipline, placing sixth. Klæbo also won his fourth overall sprint title, thereby setting the record for most overall sprint titles in history. He also overtook Emil Jönsson's all-time World Cup record of most individual sprint victories, extending his own record to 24. In June 2020, Klæbo announced that he had signed a five-year contract with the , fitting in cycle training and racing around his skiing commitments.2020–21: Pandemic-disrupted World Cup and World Championship success
Klæbo enjoyed a strong start to the 2020–21 season at the 2020 Nordic Opening, Nordic Opening in Ruka, taking second in the opening sprint competition before winning the 15 km classic and clinching the Ruka Triple overall after the pursuit. However, the next World Cup stop on home snow in Lillehammer was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the race programme of Klæbo and his team-mates was further disrupted after the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish teams elected not to compete in the subsequent World Cup rounds in December due to concerns regarding the risks of the pandemic and then also withdrew from the 2021 Tour de Ski, Tour de Ski after the three Nordic nations' request for the race to be shortened were refused by the International Ski Federation. Whilst the rest of the Norwegian team returned to the World Cup circuit at the first post-Tour meeting in Lahti, Klæbo elected to return at the next round in Falun at the end of January. In Falun he finished second in the 15 km classic mass start, being pipped in the final sprint by Bolshunov, before taking the win in the classic sprint. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, World Championships in Oberstdorf, Klæbo started his campaign by successfully defending his title in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's sprint, sprint, leading home team-mates Erik Valnes and Håvard Solås Taugbøl in a clean sweep of the podium positions for Norway, becoming the first man to win consecutive sprint world titles and the second skier overall, after fellow Norwegian Marit Bjørgen. He took his second gold medal of the championships in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's team sprint, team sprint alongside Valnes, overcoming a 4.3 second deficit going into the final lap of the race and attacking on the final climb to secure the win by 1.68 seconds. Klæbo secured another gold in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay, relay, where he took the anchor leg after team-mates Pål Golberg, Hans Christer Holund and Emil Iversen, holding off Bolshunov for the win. However, he missed out on a fourth title at the worlds when he was disqualified in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's 50 kilometre classical, 50 km classic after being first to cross the finish line, as he was judged to have obstructed Bolshunov in the final sprint, handing the victory to team-mate Iversen. At the last meeting of the World Cup season in Engadin, Klæbo finished second in the 15 km behind Bolshunov and fourth in the 50 km freestyle pursuit. He finished third in the season's overall 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup standings. He was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation, International Ski Federation (FIS).Olympic Games
*7 medals – (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.World Championships
*7 medals – (6 gold, 1 bronze)World Cup
Season titles
* 10 titles – (3 overall, 4 sprint, 3 U23)Season standings
Individual podiums
*60 victories – (34 , 26 ) *80 podiums – (49 , 31 )Team podiums
* 3 victories – (2 , 1 ) * 3 podiums – (2 , 1 )Personal life
Klæbo was born in Oslo, the capital of Norway. He lived there until he was five years old before he and his family moved to Trondheim. He grew up there and still lives there today. Klæbo is very close to his family and spends a lot of time with them. His father, Haakon Klæbo, is his manager and his grandfather, Kåre Høsflot, is his coach. Outside sports, Klæbo and his younger brother, Ola, run a YouTube channel where they upload weekly vlogs about Klæbo's everyday life as an athlete. He started his channel because he wanted people to see what cross-country skiers do outside competitions and off-season. His siblings help him out by editing and translating the videos. As of October 2019, Klæbo has over 102,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and totals over 12 million views from over 100 videos. He was a part of Norway's elite sprint team until mid-2019, when he became a part of Norway's men's elite allround team. He switched back to the elite sprint team before the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup season. Klæbo was given a non-custodial prison sentence of 16 days and a fine of NOK 10,000 by Sør-Trøndelag district court on 5 March 2019, following a road traffic accident on 12 December 2018, where he collided with a stationary car at a pedestrian crossing.References
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