Johan Kjølstad (born 9 March 1983) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. Born in

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, he represents the sports club

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. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of seventh in the individual sprint event at

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in 2006. He finished sixth overall in the ''Sprint Cup'' at the 2007-08 Cross-country Skiing World Cup, and won one of the races. At the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Kjølstad won the sprint prologue before American Andrew Newell and Russian Alexei Petukhov. In the quarter-finals, Kjølstad progressed alongside

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World Cup leader

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. Then, Kjølstad defeated

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in the semi-final and went to the final heat, being a medal favourite. Here, he fought with Ola Vigen Hattestad for the gold, having broken free from the other four competitors. At the sprint final, Vigen Hattestad defeated Kjølstad who grabbed the silver medal. The following day, Kjølstad teamed up with Vigen Hattestad to win gold in the team sprint event.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 3 victories – (2 , 1 ) * 7 podiums – (6 , 1 )

Team podiums

* 2 victories (2 ) * 4 podiums (4 )

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjolstad, Johan 1983 births Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Sportspeople from Levanger FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Skiers from Trøndelag