Adrian Smiseth SEJERSTED

Historical Results

Addebassen, Bassen (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021)

Tennis, running, cross-country skiing, chess, poker, fishing. (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021; atomic.com)

Athlete, Student

Nearing completion for a bachelor's degree in economics at the BI Norwegian Business School (Handelshoyskolen BI) in Oslo. (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021)

Father, Sverre Sejersted. Mother, Trine Smiseth. Sister, Lotte Smiseth Sejersted.

Norwegian, English, German

Stabaek IF

Team: Oyvind Haraldsen (NOR)
Team: Fabien Mazuir (NOR)
Team: Pete Andersson (USA)

Sister (older) Lotte Smiseth Sejersted (Alpine skiing): Finished sixth in downhill at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, four-time Junior World Championships medallist (one gold, two silver, one bronze between 2009-11), and competed at two World Championships.

2009 FIS event in Geilo (Giant slalom - 43rd)
2014 World Cup in Lenzerheide (Downhill - 14th)

February 2021: Right knee issues kept him from competing at the World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo so he left to have surgery in Norway, where doctors found cartilage damage. He had previously injured the knee in December 2020 at a World Cup downhill in Bormio but continued to race on it. (skiweltcup.tv, 2 Mar 2021; bt.no, 9 Feb 2021)

January 2020: Torn pectoral ligaments in his shoulder and chest as a result of a crash in the Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen, causing him to miss the remainder of the 2019/20 season. (budstikka.no 17 Jan 2020)

2017: Tore an anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in a knee during exercise. (budstikka.no, 17 Jan 2020)

2014: Tore an anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in a knee. (budstikka.no, 17 Jan 2020)

2012: Broken leg and torn meniscus at the age of 17. (budstikka.no, 17 Jan 2020)

2013

His older sister Lotte started then he joined in, enjoying playing around on skis at Kvitfjell, the ski area north of Lillehammer that was the site of the downhill and super-G at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021)

His goal is to win World Cup races and an Olympic medal. (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021)

Knowing that he had damaged cartilage in his right knee, he is studying the research and adapting his training program to overcome the situation, including the possibility of skiing with a brace. But despite the challenges, he is committed to a run to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (dagbladet.no, 7 Apr 2021)

At 26 years old, his World Cup podium debut in December 2020 (runner-up in super-G) was an emotional experience for him in Val d'Isere. "I am very moved and struggling a bit to hold back the tears now." (nettavisen,no, 12 Dec 2020)

Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA), six-time Olympic and five-time World Championship medallist.

Alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR), two-time Olympic and five-time World champion.

Kjetil Jansrud (NOR), five-time Olympic and three-time World Championships medallist.

His most influence came from his skiing friends in Stabaek and Doenski. (Athlete, 8 Jul 2021)

"Teamwork makes the dream work." (Instagram, 12 Dec 2020, on the occasion of his first World Cup podium)