Marit Mikkelsplass Explained

Marit Mikkelsplass
Full Name:Marit Elisabeth Mikkelsplass
Birth Name:Marit Elisabeth Wold
Birth Date:22 February 1965
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Club:Kjelsås IL
Seasons:14 – (19851998)
Wins:2
Teamwins:3
Totalpodiums:11
Teampodiums:18
Individual Starts:87
Team Starts:18
Wcoveralls:0 – (5th in 1998)
Wctitles:0

Marit Elisabeth Mikkelsplass (born Marit Wold on 22 February 1965) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1998. She represented Kjelsås IL in Oslo. Today she is married to former Norwegian cross-country skier Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass.

Mikkelsplass has three silver medals from the Winter Olympics, earning them in the 30 km (1994) and the 4 × 5 km relay (1988, 1998). She also has three medals from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships kraa two silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 1995, 1997) and a bronze (30 km: 1997).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
23
29
33

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
24 21 10
28 21
30 7 4 7 9Silver
32 22 10 Bronze Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallLong DistanceSprint
20 54
21 22
22
23 16
24 42
25 30
26 32
27 29
28 16
29 11
30 8
31 7
32 7 4 13
33 5 6 5

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1985–86 8 March 1986 Falun, Sweden 30 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
2  1987–88 17 March 1988 Oslo, Norway 30 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
3  1993–94 24 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway 30 km Individual C Olympic Games 2nd
4  1994–95 28 January 1995 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
5  1995–96 25 November 1995 Vuokatti, Finland 5 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
611 February 1996 Kavgolovo, Russia 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
724 February 1996 Trondheim, Norway 5 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
816 March 1996 Oslo, Norway 30 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
91996–9718 January 1997 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual CWorld Cup 1st
101 March 1997 Trondheim, Norway 30 km Individual C World Championships 3rd
111997–988 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria 10 km Individual CWorld Cup 1st

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1  1987–88 21 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay F Olympic Games 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Jahren / Dahlmo
213 March 1988 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 1st Elveos / Bøe / Pedersen
3  1990–91 15 March 1991 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Elveos / Hegge / Skeime
41993–944 March 1994 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 1stMoen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
513 March 1994 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
6  1994–95 15 January 1995 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Nybråten / Uglem / Sorkmo
712 February 1995 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Nybråten / Nilsen / Moen
817 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Nybråten / Nilsen / Moen
926 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd
10  1995–96 14 January 1996 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Moen / Martinsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
1110 March 1996 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd
1217 March 1996 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd
13  1996–97 23 November 1996 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Moen / Martinsen
148 December 1996 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 1st Martinsen / Moen / Dybendahl-Hartz
1528 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Martinsen / Nilsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
1616 March 1997 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Nilsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
17  1997–98 23 November 1997 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Moen / Dybendahl-Hartz / Martinsen
186 March 1998 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Nilsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MIKKELSPLASS WOLD Marit . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 14 December 2019.