Anders Aukland Explained

Anders Aukland
Birth Place:Tønsberg, Norway
Club:Oseberg SL
Seasons:18 – (19932007, 20092010, 2012)
Wins:6
Teamwins:4
Totalpodiums:13
Teampodiums:5
Individual Starts:94
Team Starts:20
Wcoveralls:0 – (3rd in 2002)
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:yes

Anders Aukland (born 12 September 1972 in Tønsberg) is a retired professional Norwegian cross-country skier who won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He lives in Oslo. He competed in the last race of his career on April 2, 2023.[1]

Aukland also used to compete in athletics, and is a former national champion in 5000 meters (1995) and 10,000 metres (1996 and 1997) as well as cross-country running. He has represented Tønsberg FIK and IK Tjalve.[2] [3] In his only international athletics competition he finished seventh in 5000 m at the 1991 European Junior Championships.[4]

Aukland received the Egebergs Ærespris in 2001.

On 7 March 2004, Aukland won the Vasaloppet in Sweden,[5] becoming the second Norwegian to accomplish this feat after 1971 winner Ole Ellefsæter. Aukland's brother Jørgen finished 3rd in that event. In 2010 Anders won the 54 km Birkebeinerrennet. In 2008 he won Marcialonga.

He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[6]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
29 Gold
33

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
28 7 9
30 Silver Gold
32
34

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
20 77
21
22 66
23 49
24 72 46 71
25 3322 42
26 51 50
27 51 36 42 68
28 22 51
29 44
30 10 76
31 13 11
32 143 90
33 50 33
34 98 58
36 87 54
37 138 87
39

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2000–01 10 March 2001 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
22001–0224 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
38 December 2001 Cogne, Italy 10 km Individual CWorld Cup 1st
4 5 January 2002 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd
58 January 2002 30 km Mass Start CWorld Cup 1st
6 23 March 2002 Birkebeinerrennet, Norway 58 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd
72002–0314 December 2002 Cogne, Italy 30 km Mass Start C World Cup 1st
8 12 January 2003 Otepää, Estonia 30 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd
9 8 March 2003 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
102003–0428 November 2003 Rukatunturi, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
11 10 January 2003 Otepää, Estonia 30 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd
1225 January 2004 Marcialonga, Italy 70 km Mass Start CWorld Cup 1st
13  2005–06 5 March 2006 Vasaloppet, Sweden 90 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
12001–0210 March 2002 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stEstil / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
2  2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Skjeldal / Hetland / Alsgaard
38 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stBjonviken / Hetland / Alsgaard
419 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stBjonviken / Hetland / Alsgaard
52010–1114 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stEstil / Skjeldal / Hetland

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Längdskidor: Här hyllas legendaren efter sitt sista lopp: "Väldigt fint avslut" . 2 April 2023 .
  2. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm www.friidrett.no
  3. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm www.friidrett.no
  4. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/ma.htm www.friidrett.no/
  5. Web site: Historiska segrare. Vasaloppet. 2. sv. 24 January 2021.
  6. News: 40 år og fortsatt full fart . Bugge . Mette . 5 September 2008 . Aftenposten . 20 . no.
  7. Web site: AUKLAND Anders . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 6 January 2020.