Øyvind Skaanes is a former 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 who competed from 1990 to 1999. He won the gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place 7–17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championships...

 in Val di Fiemme

Val di Fiemme

thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....

 and earned his best individual of 15th in the 30 km event at those same championships.

Skaanes won two individual races in his career with a 30 km event in 1996 and a 10 km event in 1998.

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Now he is working as a highschool/college teacher and cross country trainer on Heimdal Vidregående in Trondheim(Norway) with great success. He has put his skiing career behind him, but training with his students several times week, he is still in good shape!