Finn Hågen Krogh, born 6 September 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed at

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since 2011.

Career

Krogh was born in Alta. He is of

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and Norwegian descent. Krogh represents Tverrelvdalen IL. In addition to being a cross-country skier, he played for Tverrelvdalen's senior football team in the

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before he had to choose between football and skiing. As Krogh was selected for the youth national team in cross-country skiing, he chose to quit football, but said in an interview with Norwegian TV 2 in 2011 that he believes he could have been a professional

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player if he had chosen football ahead of skiing. In the same interview he stated that he thinks it is more fun to play football than to compete in cross-country skiing.

2009–2013

Krogh participated in the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships in

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where he won bronze in the 4x5 km relay. The next year, Krogh won the relay race in the junior world championship in

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, along with

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, Didrik Tønseth and

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. Krogh also won a bronze in the 20 km skiathlon, and finished fourth at 5 km classic. Krogh won gold in 10 km freestyle in the Norwegian youth championship in 2010. He made his break-through in the World Cup when he finished second behind

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in the race in

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on 20 March 2011. He won his first World Cup relay with

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and Petter Northug on 20 November 2011 at Sjusjøen.

2013–2014

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. On 28 January 2014, after the Norwegian championship at Lillehammer, the national team coach Arild Monsen stated that Krogh would go the individual sprint in the

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on 11 February 2013 along with

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and Anders Gløersen, while the fourth spot was to be decided after the sprint in Toblach. While Petter Northug was one of the favourites to win the Olympic sprint,

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won the sprint in Toblach, and on 5 February 2014 the national team decided to select both Hattestad and Northug to compete in the sprint at the expense of Krogh.

2014–2015

Krogh won the World Cup title in the sprint discipline. He also won the team freestyle sprint at the FIS World Championships in Falun, with

2015–2016

Krogh placed second overall in the

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2020–2021

After the 2020–21 season, it was announced that Krogh had been dropped from the Norwegian National Cross-country Team.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Season titles

* 1 title – (1 sprint)

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 8 victories – (4 , 4 ) * 28 podiums – (17 , 11 )

Team podiums

* 6 victories – (6 ) * 8 podiums – (8 )

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krogh, Finn Hagen 1990 births Living people People from Alta, Norway Norwegian male cross-country skiers Norwegian Sámi people FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Tour de Ski skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Sportspeople from Troms og Finnmark