Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian

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alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. Haugen made his

debut in October 2009 in

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, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the

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and attained his first World Cup podium in March

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. Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL, and hails from Lommedalen. At the Junior World Championships, he achieved two seventh places in 2006 in

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and an eighth place in 2007 in

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Personal life

Nestvold-Haugen is from Lommedalen,

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. His sister is Norwegian alpine skier Kristine Gjelsten Haugen. He studied finance and international business in the

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at the

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and graduated in 2012.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 3 podiums – (3 GS); 34 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * * Norwegian Ski Team
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– Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen – alpine skiing --> 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian male alpine skiers Norwegian expatriates in the United States Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Denver Pioneers athletes {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub