Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen (née Haugen, born 29 November 1987) is a Norwegian retired World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom.

Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen
Haugen in 2008
Personal information
Born (1987-11-29) 29 November 1987 (age 36)
Bærum, Norway
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, slalom
ClubLommedalens IL
World Cup debut25 October 2009 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (20112019, 2023)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (20102020)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (3 GS)
Overall titles0 – (17th in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (6th in GS, 2017, 2020)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Méribel Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom

Haugen made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place. He won a bronze medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in 2017 and attained his first World Cup podium in March 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.[1][2]

Nestvold-Haugen represents the sports club Lommedalens IL,[1] and hails from Lommedalen.[3] At the Junior World Championships, he achieved two seventh places in 2006 in Mont-Sainte-Anne and an eighth place in 2007 in Flachau.

Personal life

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Nestvold-Haugen is from Lommedalen, Norway.[4] His sister is Norwegian alpine skier Kristine Gjelsten Haugen.[5] He studied finance and international business in the United States at the University of Denver and graduated in 2012. He married Marthe Gausen Nestvold in 2017, taking her last name also.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Parallel
2010 22 101 30
2011 23 89 58 26
2012 24 97 40 37
2013 25 51 27 24 13
2014 26 36 30 10
2015 27 44 45 11
2016 28 41 30 13
2017 29 17 24 6
2018 30 24 20 8
2019 31 40 35 13
2020 32 21 43 6 9
2021 33 39 49 14 21
2022 34 99 29 21
2023 35 91 29
Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

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  • 3 podiums – (3 GS); 34 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017 4 Mar 2017   Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
2020 8 Dec 2019   Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom 3rd
2 Feb 2020   Garmisch, Germany Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2011 23 DNF2 16
2013 25 23 24
2015 27 DNF1
2017 29 15 3
2019 31 40 7

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team event
2010 22 DNF1 28
2014 26 12 16
2018 30 13 8 3

References

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  1. ^ a b Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Leif Kristian Haugen (1987) – Skattelister 2008" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Gilles 9th after short skate". The Denver Post. 27 January 2010.
  5. ^ Hansen, Espen (16 February 2017). "VM-alpinisten har et nært forhold med Bjørn Rune Gjelsten: – En viktig støttespiller". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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