Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian

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. He competes in four events, with a main focus on

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and downhill.Vi kan snakke om en «Aksel-effekt»
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and represents the sports club Lommedalens IL.

Career

Kilde became junior world champion in giant slalom in

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at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, and won the European Cup overall title that season. He also finished second in the Super-G at the Norwegian national championships, setting a time 0.11 of a second behind winner

Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 20 ...

. He made his World Cup debut in October

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and has competed on the circuit since the

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season. Kilde represented Norway in the

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in Sochi, Russia,Her er Norges OL-tropp til Sotsji
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, but did not finish in the downhill nor the

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, where he placed fourth in the downhill portion of the combined. He gained his first World Cup podium in a super-G at

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in December

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. It was a third place in a Norwegian sweep, following teammates

and Kjetil Jansrud. Kilde won the 2019–20 World Cup overall title, after the retirement of

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a ...

with eight consecutive. Despite winning two races in

in December 2020, he failed to defend the title due to a season-ending injury in January. The following 2021/22 season, though, saw Kilde reach a personal best number of podiums within one season: seven wins and two 2nd places. He won the Super-G globe for the second time in his career and also celebrated his first Downhill globe. In the

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, Kilde won two medals, a bronze from Super-G and a surprise silver from alpine combined. He also finished fifth in the downhill.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

: :^

Race victories

* 20 wins – (11 DH, 9 SG) * 39 podiums – (16 DH, 20 SG, 3 AC)

Podium summary

World Championship results

Olympic results

Personal life

Although his middle name is derived from his mother's

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, he is not related to fellow Norwegian alpine racer

Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski racers from Norway. Biography Born in O ...

. Kilde has been in a relationship with American alpine skier and fellow overall World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin since early 2021.

References

External links

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Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
at Atomic Skis * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aamodt Kilde, Aleksander 1992 births Living people Norwegian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Bærum