Kristen Skjeldal (born 27 May 1967) is an Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 champion and 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...

 from Norway

Norway

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. He has won three olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He won his first gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics

1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

 in Albertville

Albertville

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. He finished fourth in 30 km freestyle event at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 in Salt Lake City, but was awarded the bronze medal upon Spain

Spain

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's Johann Mühlegg

Johann Mühlegg

Johann Mühlegg is a Spanish top level cross-country skier who has competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999...

 blood-doping disqualification. Skjeldal also won a gold medal in 4 x 10 km relay at those same games.

His best finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was a 6th in the 50 km event in 1999. Skjeldal has also won thirteen cross country skiing events of various distances between 1991 and 2006.

Skjeldal was still an active skier in 2005, located in his ski club in Bulken, Norway. His brother Gudmund Skjeldal

Gudmund Skjeldal

Gudmund Skjeldal is a Norwegian cross-country skier and writer.He competed in the World Cup between 1991 and 1995. In March 1991 he finished eighth in the 50 kilometres in Oslo. He finished second in the same race two years later, and fourth over 15 kilometres in Strbske Pleso later in March...

also has participated in the Olympics.

I 2005 Gudmund published a biography about his brother, called Den siste langrennaren.

External links

• From the publisher Samlaget (in Norwegian)