Espen BJOERNSTAD

Norway

Nordic Combined

Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.84/6'0''

Place of birth: TRONDHEIM

Birth Country:

Norway

Residence: TRONDHEIM

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Nordic Combined	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km	27
	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km
	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km NOR Norway	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Cross-Country	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Team HS106/4x5 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	43:57.7
1	Team HS109/4x5 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	50:15.5
2	Team Sprint HS137/2x7.5 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	30:09.3
2	Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	28:37.7
6	Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	25:42.7
10	Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	24:15.5
15	Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	25:12.8

World Cup Rankings
Season	Overall
2021/2022	18
2020/2021	13
2019/2020	6
2018/2019	9

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	NH/15.0km	NH/10.0km	NH/5.0km	LH/10.0km	Team NH/4x5km	Team LH/4x5km	TSP NH/2x7.5km	TSP LH/2x7.5km
2021/2022		1 x 6th		1 x 11th	1 x 1st
2020/2021	1 x 13th	1 x 7th	1 x 5th	1 x 2nd			1 x 5th	1 x 5th
2019/2020	1 x 9th	2 x 5th	1 x 4th	1 x 3rd		1 x 1st	1 x 5th	1 x 4th
2018/2019		2 x 6th	1 x 4th	1 x 3rd				1 x 2nd
2017/2018		1 x 15th		1 x 5th
2016/2017				1 x 23rd
2013/2014		1 x 41st

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
1	Team NH/4x5km	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR	52:35.1
2	Mass Start NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Otepää, EST	23:35.5
6	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	24:39.5
9	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	25:31.2
11	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	26:17.9
14	LH/5.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	13:49.2
17	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR	27:52.9
22	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	27:45.1
24	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	27:43.2
24	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Seefeld, AUT	27:17.1

Previous names:

Dahlhaug

Hobbies:

Football, freestyle skiing, mountaineering. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

In a relationship with Helle, one daughter, Emma. Father, Geir Bjoernstad. Mother, Elisabeth Dahlhaug. Brother, Mats. Sisters, Tone and Anette.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Club name:

Byasen Skiklubb

Coach:

Team: Jan Schmid (SUI/NOR)

Debut:

2013 World Junior Championships in Liberec (normal hill/10km) - 8th
2013 Continental Cup in Rovaniemi (normal hill/10km) - 25th
2014 World Cup in Chaikovsky (normal hill/10km) - 41st

National team:

2013

Ambition:

Goal for season 2021/22: win first World Cup and a medal in Beijing.
Career goal: Individual Olympic and World Championship medals, winning overall World Cup. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Memorable:

Two World Championship gold medals with the team, five World Cup podiums. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

General Interest

Norwegian team coach Jan Schmid (NOR) was world champion (normal hill) with the team as an athlete in 2019.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Gold medallist in the team event (large hill/4x5km) in Beijing 2022, together with Espen Andersen, Jens Luraas Oftebro, and Joergen Grabaak.
Finished 27th in the normal hill/10km individual event and was not selected for large hill/10km.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Participated in 2019 and 2021, winning team gold in both editions. In the individual events he finished sixth (normal hill/10k) and 15th (large hill/10k) in 2019 and 10th in the normal hill/10k event in 2021.

His first and only start in World Junior Championships in 2013 in Liberec was a successful career kick-off: he finished sixth with the team and eighth in the individual normal hill/10k event.

WORLD CUP:
After six individual podium finishes and 32 top-10 results, he is aiming for his first World Cup win. So far his only World Cup win is with the team in 2020 in Oberstdorf. In 2021/22 he reached the podium once when he finished second in Otepaeae (NH/10km mass start). He is currently ranked overall 18th.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/esp1bjornstad/

Legend

:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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