Thomas MALONEY WESTGAARD

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH
In January 2021, he had the best result of his career at the Stage World Cup in Toblach, Italy by finishing 14.3 seconds behind winner Alexander Bolshunov of Russia. "It's like San Marino qualifying for the football World Cup. It's a day to remember. I represent Norway at the same time as Ireland, although Ireland is the main thing. But a shout-out to Norway, I think there are many there who think it's fun that I succeed."

As his skis were prepared by the Swedish team, he said in an interview that the first top-10 rank of his career was "50% Irish, 25% Norwegian, and 25% Swedish." (rte.ie, 9 Jan 2021)

REPRESENTING IRELAND
Born and raised in Norway, he switched sporting allegiance to Ireland in 2016 so he could represent the country of his mother's birth at the 2017 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Has dual nationality with Norway and Ireland. (rte.ie, 9 Jan 2021; Info 2018)

PERSONAL COACH
Coached by Frode Estil, a Norwegian ‘classical’ cross-country legend, who was a double Olympic champion at Salt Lake City 2002, and a four-time world champion and multiple medallist. (irishexaminer.com, 9 Feb 2018)

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Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, where his best result was 57th in the skiathlon.

At three World Championships appearances (2017-21), his best performance is 25th in the 50km mass start classic (2021), and 26th in the team sprint (2019).