Anders Aukland (born 12 September 1972 in Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

) is a professional Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 cross-country skier

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

 who has won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He lives in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

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Aukland also used to compete in athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

, 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

Tønsberg FIK

Tønsberg Friidrettsklubb is a Norwegian track and field club from Tønsberg, Vestfold.-Organization:On 25 November 1981 it was established as a merger of the athletics departments of Tønsbergs TF with IF Tønsberg-Kameratene. This was the fifth attempt to conduct such a merger; the previous attempts...

 and IK Tjalve

IK Tjalve

Idrettsklubben Tjalve is a Norwegian athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology.It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway, and numerous members have represented Norway in international competitions.IK Tjalve uses the Bislett...

. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm In his only international athletics competition he finished seventh in 5000 m at the 1991 European Junior Championships. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/ma.htm

Aukland received the Egebergs Ærespris

Egebergs Ærespris

The Egebergs Ærespris is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad.-History:...

 in 2001.

He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at Bachelor, Master and Doctorate level....

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Sports merits

• 2005 Duathlon Norwegian Championship winner
• 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place February 16-27, 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill returned after not being held in 2003...
  
   - 50 km classic silver
• 2004 Vasaloppet
  Vasaloppet
  Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, one of the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world...
  
   - Winner (finishing time: 3 hours, 48 minutes and 42.2 seconds)
• 2003 Nordic skiing World Championships - 30 km classic silver, 4 x 10 km gold
• 2002 Winter Olympics
  Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia...
  
   - relay gold medal; 15 km classic 4th place
• 2001 Nordic skiing World Championships - 15 km classic 7th place; 30 km classic 9th place

On 7 March 2004, Aukland won the Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, one of the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world...

 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, becoming the second Norwegian to accomplish this feat after 1971 winner Ole Ellefsæter

Ole Ellefsæter

Ole Ellefsæter is a retired sportsman from Norway. He chiefly competed in cross-country skiing, and won two gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won one gold and one silver medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet...

. Aukland's brother Jørgen

Jørgen Aukland

Jørgen Aukland is a Norwegian cross-country skier, specialised on long distance skiing. He is the brother of Anders Aukland and Fredrik Aukland.He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.-Sports merits:...

 finished 3rd in that event. In 2010 Anders won the 54 km Birkebeinerrennet

Birkebeinerrennet

Birkebeinerrennet is a long-distance cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It is Norway's race in the Worldloppet Ski Federation....

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