Petter Northug

Petter Northug
Petter Northug
Personal information
Full name Petter Northug Jr.
Born 6 January 1986 (1986-01-06) (age 25)
Levanger, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Club Strindheim IL
Skis Fischer
World Cup
Seasons 2005–
Wins 10
Additional podiums 11
Total podiums 21
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold 2010 Vancouver 50 km classical
Gold 2010 Vancouver Team sprint
Silver 2010 Vancouver 4×10 km relay
Bronze 2010 Vancouver Individual sprint
World Championships
Gold 2007 Sapporo 4×10 km
Gold 2009 Liberec 15 km + 15 km double pursuit
Gold 2009 Liberec 50 km
Gold 2009 Liberec 4×10 km
Gold 2011 Oslo 15 km + 15 km double pursuit
Gold 2011 Oslo 50 km
Gold 2011 Oslo 4×10 km
Silver 2011 Oslo Sprint
Silver 2011 Oslo Team sprint

Petter Northug Jr. (born 6 January 1986) is a Norwegian cross country skier and double Olympic champion. He has 9 World Championship and Winter Olympic gold medals with 13 medals overall, and nine individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup wins with 20 podium places. Northug is widely considered the world's best cross-country skier.

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Early life and career

During his first years, Northug was generally considered a star of the future. Whilst he was still a junior Verdens Gang newspaper reported in November 2005 that "the ski manufacturers are fighting to get Northug".[1] Fischer won his signature, and his contract included a base salary (the first time ever for a junior), which would be multiplied by five if he made the Norwegian elite team for 2006/07, which he did. The contract also offered bonuses if he won medals in the junior World Championships.

Northug has six gold medals from junior World Championships. His first two gold medals came in 2004/05 in the pursuit and the 10 km freestyle in Rovaniemi, then in 2005/06 in Kranj he won gold in the 10 km classic, the pursuit, the sprint, and the relay. He also has two silver medals (one in the sprint, and one in the relay, both in 2004/05). His victories made him the first athlete ever to win five individual gold medals at the FIS Junior Nordic World Ski Championships. During 2005/06 he also took part in the Norwegian National Championships, and won the double pursuit race, beating Frode Estil by 1.9 seconds, and became the first junior to ever win a Norwegian National Championship.

Before he joined the World Cup he competed in a few Continental Cup meetings, but mostly in the Scandinavian Cup. During his Scandinavian Cup career (2004/05 & 2005/06) he had seven podium finishes, he came second once in 2004/05, and in 2005/06 he scored four victories, and two second places.

Athletic career

The 2005/06 season was Northug's first in the World Cup, although he competed in one race the season before, a sprint in Drammen, he came 35th. During the 2005/06 season he shared his time equally between the World Cup and the Scandinavian Cup, although in early May 2006 it was announced that Northug would be in the senior national team for the 2006/07 season.[2] Northug also claimed his first World Cup victory in the 2005/06 season, in a pursuit race in Falun, beating 2005/06 World Cup winner Tobias Angerer, who came second, and 2004/05 overall champion Axel Teichmann was third.[3] Then in the last race of the year, a pursuit in Sapporo he claimed another podium place, coming second.[4] He lost to Mathias Fredriksson by 3.8 seconds. He also came seventh, tenth, and twelfth in sprint races, and fifteenth in the 50 km freestyle in Holmenkollen. Northug finished the 2005/06 World Cup season in 14th place overall. He also finished 14th in the distance standings, and 24th in the sprint.[5]

After Norway's disappointing display at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the Norwegian press questioned why Northug was not taken to the games. Northug himself admitted he was disappointed after not getting selected, especially as he had won the double pursuit in the National Championships earlier in the year.[6]

Northug won his first gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo as a member of the 4 x 10 km relay in 2007. He added three more golds at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, earning them in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 4 x 10 km relay and 50 km freestyle mass start.

Northug was the runner up to the overall World Cup in the 2008/2009 season, losing to the Swiss Dario Cologna after leading before the final races.

Northug finished in an extremely disappointing 41st place in the first Cross Country event during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. A day later, Northug responded with a bronze medal in the Sprint Event. This success was short lived however, as he broke his pole in the end of the 30 km pursuit. He then won his first Olympic gold, in the Team Sprint, alongside Øystein Pettersen.

Days later he was skiing the anchor leg in the 4 x 10 km relay. When he took over from Lars Berger who was skiing the 3rd leg, he was 37.5 seconds behind the lead group. Despite this he managed to perform his incredibly fast finish to catch and overtake France and the Czech Republic to win Norway a silver medal.

Northug won the Men's 50 kilometre classic at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Less than two weeks later, he won the 50 kilometre freestyle event at the Holmenkollen, becoming the first skier to win the 50 km at the Winter Olympics, World Championships, and Holmenkollen since Sweden's Gunde Svan reached that triple crown in 1988.

In September 2010 details of Northug's sponsorship contract with soft drink manufactuer Red Bull were publicized by Norwegian broadcaster TV 2, which did not divulge its sources, revealing the most profitable sponsorship agreement with an individual athlete in Norwegian history. For four years, until after the 2014 Winter Olympics, Northug will be receiving a minimum of NOK 1 million annually with a prospect of getting twice the amount if his performances equal those in his most recent seasons.[7] During the 2011 World Championship, he gained widespread international attention when he controversially crossed the finish-line sideways after convincingly beating his opponents. The gesture was regarded as utterly disrespectful, most notably towards his most fierce rival, Marcus Hellner.

Personal life

He has two brothers, Even and Tomas.[8] Northug finished school in 2006, but during the summer of 2005 he changed schools from Steinkjer to Meråker and moved into a cabin next to the ski trails to optimize his training conditions.[9]

Petter Northug participated and cashed (on 653rd place) in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event.

Career highlights

Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 50 km classic
2010 Vancouver Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd, Sprint classic
2010 Vancouver Gold medal icon.svg 1st, Team sprint (with Øystein Pettersen)
2010 Vancouver Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 4x10 km relay (with Johnsrud Sundby / Hjelmeset / Berger)
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2011 - Oslo Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 50 km freestyle
2011 - Oslo Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x10 km relay (with Johnsrud Sundby / Rønning / Gjerdalen)
2011 - Oslo Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 30 km pursuit
2011 - Oslo Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 1.5 km freestyle sprint
2011 - Oslo Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, Team sprint (with Ola Vigen Hattestad)
2009 - Liberec Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 50 km freestyle
2009 - Liberec Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x10 km relay (with Ruud Hofstad / Hjelmeset / Rønning)
2009 - Liberec Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 2x15 km pursuit
2007 - Sapporo Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x10 km relay (with Rønning / Hjelmeset / Berger)
2007 - Sapporo 7th, team sprint (with Tor Arne Hetland)
2007 - Sapporo 5th, 2x15 km pursuit
2007 - Sapporo 24th, 15 km freestyle
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
2005 - Rovaniemi Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 2x10 km pursuit
2005 - Rovaniemi Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 10 km freestyle
2005 - Rovaniemi Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, classic sprint
2005 - Rovaniemi Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 4x5 km relay (with Markset / Hafsås / Svendsen)
2006 - Kranj Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 1 km freestyle sprint
2006 - Kranj Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 10 km classic
2006 - Kranj Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 2x10 km pursuit
2006 - Kranj Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x5 km relay (with Elvestad / Olsen / Sæves)
Tour de Ski
2006/2007 - 4th
2007/2008 - 8th
2008/2009 - Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
2009/2010 - Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
2010/2011 - Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
Overall World Cup
2005/2006 - 14th
2006/2007 - 7th
2007/2008 - 12th
2008/2009 - Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
2009/2010 - Gold medal icon.svg 1st
World Cup podiums
2006 - Falun Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 2x10 km pursuit
2006 - Sapporo Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 2x15 km pursuit
2006 - La Clusaz Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 4x10 km relay (with Hetland / Rønning / Bjørndalen)
2007 - Asiago Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd, 1.2 km freestyle sprint
2007 - Lahti Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 1.2 km freestyle sprint
2008 - Asiago Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 1.2 km freestyle sprint
2008 - Gällivare Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd, 15 km freestyle
2008 - Gällivare Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x10 km relay
2008 - La Clusaz Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 30 km freestyle mass start
2008 - La Clusaz Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 4x10 km relay (with Hetland / Sundby / Gjerdalen)
2009 - Lahti Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 1.2 km freestyle sprint
2009 - Trondheim Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, 1.2 km classical sprint
2009 - Kuusamo Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 15 km classical
2009 - Rogla Gold medal icon.svg 1st, classical sprint
2009 - Rogla Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 30 km classical mass start
2010 - Drammen Silver medal icon.svg 2nd, classical sprint
2010 - Holmenkollen Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 50 km freestyle mass start
Norwegian National Championships
2007 - Grova Gold medal icon.svg 1st, 15 km freestyle
2008 - Granåsen Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd, 15 km freestyle
2008 - Granåsen Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd, 2x15 km pursuit

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Awards
Preceded by
Andreas Thorkildsen
Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
2009
Succeeded by
Thor Hushovd

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