Hans Christer HOLUND

Norway

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OSLO

Birth Country:

Norway

Residence: NITTEDAL

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's 15km Classic	4
	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	4
	Men's 50km Mass Start Free	13
	Men's 4 x 10km Relay NOR Norway	2

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 4 x 10km Relay	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 50km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men's 30 kilometres Skiathlon	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
6	Men's 50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
6	Men's 15 kilometres, Freestyle	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	15 km F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
1	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
1	50 km F Mst Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
3	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
4	50 km C Mst Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
10	50 km F Mst Men	2017	Lathi, FIN

World Cup Rankings
Season	Distance	All
2021/2022	13	30
2020/2021	7	14
2019/2020	5	7
2018/2019	12	17
2017/2018	3	6

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	15 km F	15 km C	15 km C Mst	15 km F Mst
2021/2022	1 x 2nd	1 x 12th
2020/2021	1 x 4th		1 x 8th
2019/2020	1 x 37th	1 x 3rd		1 x 5th
2018/2019	1 x 8th	1 x 7th

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km
Season	15/15 km C/F	30 km F	50 km F Pursuit	50 km C Mst
2020/2021	1 x 6th		1 x 4th
2019/2020	1 x 2nd			1 x 5th
2018/2019		1 x 5th		1 x 15th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season	4x7.5 km Mst R
2021/2022	1 x 3rd
2019/2020	1 x 1st
2018/2019	2 x 3rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
2	15 km F	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
3	4x7.5 km Mst R	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
5	15 km F	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
12	15 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Hobbies:

Trout fishing, hut tours, his dog, reading philosophy. (Instagram; vg.no, 3 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Economics and management degree from the Norwegian Business School, Oslo, NOR. (vg.no, Mar 2021)

Family:

Partner, Anne Marie Dalen. Son, Hakon. Father, Rolf Arne Holund. Mother, Rikke Lill Holund.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Club name:

Lyn Ski (Oslo, NOR)

Coach:

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

Debut:

2009 World Cup in Lahti (15km - 52nd)

National team:

2015

Reason:

Was a natural talent in childhood but then struggled with the transition from junior category and increased training volumes which led to overtraining. (vg.no, Mar 2021)

Ambition:

Complete his career at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, then retire. (vg.no, Jul 2019)

General Interest

PROUD FATHER
Became father to Hakon on 15 June 2020, who he believes has made him more balanced. (vg.no, Mar 2021)

PHILOSOPHY STUDENT
Says he reads the meditation book "The Daily Stoic" every day to keep his calm under stress. He also calls 'good karma as his only religion.' His favourite philosopher is Marcus Aurelius. (vg.no, 3 Mar 2021)

Milestones

A young talent who blossomed late to celebrate the world championships of his career at Oberstdorf 2021.

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Debuted at PyeongChang 2018 where he won a bronze medal in skiathlon.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Three-time world champion (50km in 2019, 15km and relay in 2021) and skiathlon bronze medallist in 2021 (fourth in the 50km missing the podium by 0.4 seconds). In the 50km in 2019, he broke away early and cruised to the gold medal, his very first win at the international level.

Gained the title of junior world champion in the 10km at Malles 2008 and went on to win a pair of bronze medals in 2009 (20km, relay).

WORLD CUP
Took his first individual World Cup podium in February 2016 (third in the skiathlon in Lahti). Won his first World Cup race at the Ruka Triple pursuit race in 2019, repeating the feat in 2020. Also has two World Cup relay victories.

Finished third in the distance World Cup standings in 2018, when he was sixth in the overall World Cup after finishing fifth in the Tour de Ski that season.

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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