Vegard Ulvang

Vegard Ulvang
Vegard Ulvang
	Ulvang during the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France
Country	Norway
Full name	Vegard Ulvang
Born	10 October 1963 (age 61); Kirkenes, Norway
Spouse(s)	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo
Ski club	Kirkenes & Omegn Skiklubb
World Cup career
Seasons	14 – (1984–1997)
Starts	120
Podiums	34
Wins	9
Overall titles	1 – (1990)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships

Vegard Ulvang (born 10 October 1963) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on part of all the athletes. In addition to his Olympic achievements, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1991 (shared with Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, and Jens Weißflog), and won the World Cup in 1990. He has also won nine gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the Norwegian Championships. He earned nine World Cup race victories. Ulvang also won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

After retiring from professional skiing, he started his own clothing line.

On 25 May 2006, Ulvang was named chairman of the executive board of the International Ski Federation's (FIS) cross-country committee, taking over from Peter Petriček of Slovenia, who decided to step down after four years in the job.

Ulvang was also a part of Norwegian TV 2's television travel-series Gutta på tur, together with fellow skier Bjørn Dæhlie, TV personality Arne Hjeltnes and chef Arne Brimi. He is also the creator and organizer of the Tour de Ski.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

6 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1988	24	—	7	—	Bronze	4	6
1992	28	Gold	—	Silver	Gold	9	Gold
1994	30	7	—	DNS	—	10	Silver

World Championships

8 medals – (2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km classical	15 km freestyle	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1987	23	—	6	—	—	5	7	Bronze
1989	25	—	Bronze	—	—	Silver	—	4
1991	27	4	—	—	—	Bronze	16	Gold
1993	29	Bronze	—	—	4	Silver	5	Gold
1995	31	12	—	—	—	8	—	—

World Cup

Season titles

1 title – (1 overall)

Season
Season	Discipline
1990	Overall

Season standings

Season	Age
Season	Age	Overall	Long Distance	Sprint
1984	20	38	—	—
1985	21	46	—	—
1986	22	8	—	—
1987	23	4	—	—
1988	24	92	—	—
1989	25		—	—
1990	26		—	—
1991	27		—	—
1992	28		—	—
1993	29		—	—
1994	30	6	—	—
1995	31	16	—	—
1996	32	12	—	—
1997	33	31	19	45

Individual podiums

9 victories
34 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1985–86	15 January 1986	Bohinj, Yugoslavia	5 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
2	1985–86	14 March 1986	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
3	1986–87	10 December 1986	Ramsau, Austria	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
4	1986–87	14 March 1987	Kavgolovo, Soviet Union	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
5	1987–88	15 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	30 km Individual C	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd
6	1988–89	7 January 1989	Kavgolovo, Soviet Union	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
7		13 January 1989	Nové Město, Czechoslovakia	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
8		15 January 1989	Nové Město, Czechoslovakia	30 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
9		18 February 1989	Lahti, Finland	30 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	2nd
10		22 February 1989	Lahti, Finland	15 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	3rd
11		4 March 1989	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
12		11 March 1989	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
13	1989–90	9 December 1989	Soldier Hollow, United States	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
14		13 January 1990	Moscow, Soviet Union	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
15		17 February 1990	Campra, Switzerland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
16		21 February 1990	Val di Fiemme, Italy	30 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
17		4 March 1990	Lahti, Finland	15 km + 15 km Pursuit F/C	World Cup	2nd
18	1990–91	7 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	30 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	3rd
19	1990–91	16 March 1991	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
20	1991–92	7 December 1991	Silver Star, Canada	10 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
21		8 December 1991	Silver Star, Canada	15 km Pursuit C	World Cup	1st
22		14 December 1991	Thunder Bay, Canada	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
23		4 January 1992	Kavgolovo, Russia	30 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
24		10 February 1992	Albertville, France	30 km Individual C	Olympic Games^[1]	1st
25		13 February 1992		10 km Individual C	Olympic Games^[1]	1st
26		15 February 1992		15 km Pursuit F	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
27		29 February 1992	Lahti, Finland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
28		14 March 1992	Vang, Norway	50 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
29	1992–93	12 December 1992	Ramsau, Austria	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
30		13 December 1992	Ramsau, Austria	15 km Pursuit C	World Cup	2nd
31		20 February 1993	Ulrichen, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
32		20 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	2nd
33		22 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	10 km Individual C	World Championships^[1]	3rd
34	1993–94	18 December 1993	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

9 victories
23 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1984–85	17 March 1985	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay	World Cup	3rd	Hole / Mikkelsplass / Aunli
2	1985–86	9 March 1986	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Monsen / Mikkelsplass / Hole
3	1986–87	17 February 1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Championships^[1]	3rd	Aunli / Mikkelsplass / Langli
4	1986–87	8 March 1987	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Mikkelsplass / Aunli / Langli
5	1987–88	13 March 1988	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Dæhlie / Bjørn / Mikkelsplass
6	1987–88	17 March 1988	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Monsen / Mikkelsplass / Bjørn
7	1988–89	5 March 1989	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Mikkelsplass / Dæhlie / Langli
8	1988–89	12 March 1989	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Langli / Mikkelsplass / Dæhlie
9	1989–90	11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Skaanes / Sivertsen / Langli
10	1989–90	16 March 1990	Vang, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Skinstad / Langli / Skaanes
11	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	1st	Skaanes / Langli / Dæhlie
12	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games^[1]	1st	Langli / Skjeldal / Dæhlie
13		28 February 1992	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Langli / Dæhlie / Skjeldal
14		8 March 1992	Funäsdalen, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	1st	Sivertsen / Langli / Dæhlie
15	1992–93	26 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	1st	Sivertsen / Langli / Dæhlie
16	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd	Sivertsen / Alsgaard / Dæhlie
17	1993–94	13 March 1994	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Sivertsen / Jevne / Dæhlie
18	1994–95	26 March 1995	Sapporo, Japan	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Dæhlie / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
19	1995–96	14 January 1996	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Alsgaard / Jevne / Dæhlie
20		25 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
21		17 March 1996	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Kristiansen / Eide / Dæhlie
22	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Skjeldal / Eide / Dæhlie
23	1996–97	8 December 1996	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Skjeldal / Eide / Sivertsen

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

^ "ULVANG Vegard". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

Vegard Ulvang at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
IOC 1994 Winter Olympics
Official website

[FISprofile-1] "ULVANG Vegard". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2024: Jessie Diggins (USA), Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR)