Emil IVERSEN

Norway

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MERAKER

Birth Country:

Norway

Residence: MERAKER AND TRONDHEIM

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's 4 x 10km Relay NOR Norway	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 4 x 10km Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Men's Sprint, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
10	Men's 50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
1	50 km C Mst Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
1	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
1	Teamsprint C Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
4	Team Sprint C Men	2017	Lathi, FIN
5	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
5	SP F Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
10	SP C Final Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
10	15 km C Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
10	SP F Final Men	2017	Lathi, FIN
29	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT

World Cup Rankings
Season	Distance	All	Sprint
2021/2022	25	42	73
2020/2021	15	12	22
2019/2020	7	9	15
2018/2019	10	6	8
2017/2018	19	9	4

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	SP F	15 km C	15 km F	15 km C Mst	15 km C Pursuit
2021/2022	1 x 40th		1 x 7th	1 x 23rd
2020/2021	1 x 8th				1 x 4th
2019/2020	1 x 11th			1 x 9th		1 x 5th
2018/2019	1 x 4th	1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km
Season	15/15 km C/F	50 km C Mst
2020/2021	1 x 1st
2019/2020	1 x 3rd	1 x 3rd
2018/2019		1 x 11th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season	TSP C	4x7.5 km Mst R
2021/2022		1 x 1st
2020/2021		1 x 1st
2018/2019	1 x 1st	1 x 1st

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
1	4x7.5 km Mst R	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
7	15 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
23	15 km F	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
40	SP C	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
49	SP C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Hobbies:

Football. (nrk.no, Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Geography studies at Nord University (Meraker, NOR). (globunis.com)

Family:

Father, Ole Martin Iversen. Mother, Unni Hovdal Iversen. Brothers, Mats and Gaute.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Club name:

IL Varden Meraker (Meraker, NOR)

Coach:

National: Eirik Myhr Nossum (NOR), Lars Christian Aabol (NOR)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Mats Iversen (Cross-country skiing): Former national and Scandinavian Cup level competitor.
Brother Gauke Iversen (Cross-country skiing): Former national and Scandinavian Cup level competitor.

Debut:

2013 World Cup in Lillehammer (15km - 37th)

Start:

Took up the sport competitively in 2006 in his home town of Meraker, Norway, which has been home to many famous cross-country skiers, and spending time at the local ski club was a fun free time activity for him and his brothers. (nrk.no, Feb 2021)

Reason:

His father and both brothers were actively involved in the sport and while he was not a youth or junior age talent, he demonstrated his perseverance and grit in keeping up with the teammates and always trying to improve, eventually succeeding. (nrk.no, Feb 2021)

Training:

Has greatly increased his training volumes in recent years and become overall more professional and focused, including relying on his brother Mats for support with household, ski testing and other chores to ensure he can recover and rest sufficiently. (nrk.no, Feb 2021)

Award:

Recipient of the Olav Statue (2021) which is a sports prize awarded by Adresseavisen in Trondheim. It is considered to be the region of Trondelag's highest award in sport. (Nettavisen.no, Apr 2021)

General Interest

2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MISHAP
He was involved in a collision with Finnish skier Iivo Niskanen in the final of the team sprint at the 2017 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Iversen was leading the race heading into the final bend when the pair collided and both fell to the ground. The Norwegian team finished fourth, with the Finnish team taking the bronze behind the Russian Federation and Italy. This incident hung over his career until the personal revenge in Seefeld two years later in 2019. (tv2.no, Feb 2019)

TOP-LEVEL COACHING ADVICE
His father Ole Martin Iversen has coached the Swedish women's cross-country skiing sprint team and is currently the Norwegian women's national team coach. (nrk.no, Feb 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 where he had two top-10 finishes (eighth in the sprint, 10th in the 50km mass start, both in classic technique).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Four-time World champion winning three team medals (2019 team sprint with Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, 2019 and 2021 relay) before he finally won his first individual medal, also gold, in the dramatic 50km race at Oberstdorf 2021 after the disqualification of his teammate Klaebo.

2011 Junior World Championships relay gold medallist (fourth in the sprint).

At the U23 World Championships (2012, 2013), his best result is seventh (2013 skiathlon).

WORLD CUP
Won his first World Cup race, a classic sprint, during the Tour de Ski 2015/16 in Oberstdorf, and his first distance race during the Ski Tour 2016 in Montreal.

Has finished in the top-10 in the overall World Cup four times since the 2015/16 season, sixth being his best season ranking in 2018/19. He was seventh in the distance World Cup in 2019/20 and fourth in the sprint World Cup in 2017/18.

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Legend

:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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