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Norwegian cross-country skier
Sture Sivertsen
Country Norway
Born (1966-04-16) 16 April 1966 (age 58)
Levanger Municipality, Norway
Ski clubLeirådal IL
World Cup career
Seasons10 (19901999)
Indiv. starts83
Indiv. podiums9
Indiv. wins1
Team starts21
Team podiums14
Team wins7
Overall titles0 – (8th in 1993, 1997)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer 50 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Falun 10 km classical
Gold medal – first place 1993 Falun 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place 1997 Trondheim 4 × 10 km relay

Sture Sivertsen (born 16 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1990s. He represented Leirådal IL. He made his world cup debut in Örnsköldsvik in 1990, finishing eight. His first World Cup podium came at Oslo in 1991 where he came third in the 50 km while his final world cup podium came at Val di Fiemme in 1997, where he finished third in the 10 km. He became world champion in 10 km and in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished third in the 50 km. He also has one gold and one silver medal from the olympics in relay, silver from 1994 and gold from 1998. He has two additional world championship relay gold medals from 1995 and 1997

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1994 27 5 7 Bronze Silver
1998 31 9 27 15 Gold

World Championships

  • 4 medals – (4 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1991 24 21 7
1993 26 Gold 14 Gold
1995 28 9 18 Gold
1997 30 5 16 5 Gold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1990 23 37
1991 24 13
1992 25 23
1993 26 8
1994 27 10
1995 28 27
1996 29 20
1997 30 8 8 8
1998 31 15 17 12
1999 32 37 NC 33

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 9 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1990–91  16 March 1991 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
2 1992–93 22 February 1993 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km Individual C World Championships 1st
3 13 March 1993 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
4  1993–94  21 December 1993 Italy Toblach, Italy 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
5 27 February 1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 50 km Individual C Olympic Games 3rd
6 13 March 1993 Sweden Falun, Sweden 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
7  1996–97  18 December 1996 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 30 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
8 8 March 1997 Sweden Falun, Sweden 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
9  1997–98  13 December 1997 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

  • 7 victories
  • 14 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1989–90  11 March 1990 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Skaanes / Ulvang / Langli
2 1991–92 8 March 1992 Sweden Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Langli / Ulvang / Dæhlie
3 1992–93 26 February 1993 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 1st Ulvang / Langli / Dæhlie
4  1993–94  22 February 1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 2nd Ulvang / Alsgaard / Dæhlie
5 13 March 1994 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Jevne / Ulvang / Dæhlie
6 1994–95 5 February 1995 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Langli / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
7 12 February 1995 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Jevne / Kristiansen / Alsgaard
8 17 March 1995 Canada Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 1st Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
9  1995–96  10 December 1995 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
10  1996–97  8 December 1996 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Skjeldal / Ulvang / Eide
11 28 February 1997 Norway Trondheim, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 1st Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
12 9 March 1997 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Jevne / Skjeldal / Dæhlie
13  1997–98  23 November 1997 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Estil / Aukland / Skaanes
14 6 March 1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Estil / Eide / Alsgaard

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "SIVERTSEN Sture". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay
World champions in men's 10 km cross-country
World champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay
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