Sondre Turvoll Fossli (born 10 August 1993) is a

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed between 2010 and 2019. He won his only World Cup race in the individual classic sprint event in

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on 27 November 2015. On 12 August, 2019, Fossli suffered

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while out on a car ride with his girlfriend in Oslo. Paramedics were able to get his heart beating again by using a

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and he was subsequently hospitalized at

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. He spent ten days at the hospital, but the physicians were not able to find the cause why his heart stopped beating. In December 2019, he underwent an operation, and was fitted with a

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. As a result of the cardiac arrest, he announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in April 2020.

Cross-country skiing results

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

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *4 podiums – (3 , 1 )

References

1993 births Living people People from Øvre Eiker Norwegian male cross-country skiers Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-XC-skiing-bio-stub