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Nordic skiing is a winter sport

Winter sport

A winter sport is a sport which is played on snow or ice. Most such sports are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally such sports were only played in cold areas during winter, but artificial snow and ice allow more flexibility...

that encompasses all types of skiing

Skiing

Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

.

Nordic skiing Olympic

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

events are Cross country skiing, Ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

, Nordic combined

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

, and biathlon

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

. A further Nordic discipline is Telemark skiing

Telemark skiing

Telemark skiing is a form of skiing using the Telemark turn. Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the skis used for telemarking either have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing, or may be released to only connect there.Telemark turns are led with...

. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...

is a major event of these sports and happens in winter of odd-number years between Winter Olympics.

Nordic Skiing Triple Crown Winners

Below is a list of Nordic skiiers that have won at the Winter Olympics, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

, and Holmenkollen

Holmenkollen ski festival

The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...

events. Bold years indicate when a skier achieved all the three wins in the same year.

Men's Nordic combined

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Thorleif Haug Thorleif Haug Thorleif Haug was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. -Biography:Thorleif Haug was born in Vivelstad, a narrow valley between the Lier Lier, Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway...	Norway	1924	1924	1919, 1920, 1921
Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Grøttumsbråten was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two dual...	Norway	1928, 1932	1926, 1928, 1931, 1932	1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931
Oddbjørn Hagen Oddbjørn Hagen Oddbjørn Hagen was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country skiing. He was both Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympic games:...	Norway	1936	1934, 1935, 1936	1932, 1934, 1935
Heikki Hasu Heikki Hasu Heikki Vihtori Hasu is a Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s who was born in Sippola....	Finland	1948	1948, 1950	1953
Simon Slåttvik Simon Slåttvik Simon Slåttvik was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won gold in individual event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo....	Norway	1952	1952	1948, 1950, 1951
Sverre Stenersen Sverre Stenersen Sverre Stenersen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who dominated the event throughout the 1950s. His biggest triumphs were winning individual golds both at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...	Norway	1956	1954, 1956	1955, 1956, 1959
Georg Thoma Georg Thoma Georg Thoma is a former German nordic combined skier. He won two Winter Olympic medals in the Nordic combined with gold in 1960 and bronze in 1964....	West Germany	1960	1960, 1966	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Tormod Knutsen Tormod Knutsen Tormod Knutsen is a former Norwegian nordic combined athlete. He was born in Eidsvoll. Already as a 16 year old he became named to Hovedlandsrennet, and two years later Norwegian junior champion in Ski jumping. From the season 1954/55 he started with Nordic combined...	Norway	1964	1964	1958
Franz Keller Franz Keller Franz Keller was a West German nordic combined skier. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won the gold medal in the individual event...	West Germany	1968	1968	1967
Ulrich Wehling Ulrich Wehling Ulrich Wehling is a retired German skier who won the nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980...	German Democratic Republic	1972, 1976, 1980	1972, 1974, 1976, 1980	1975, 1976, 1977
Tom Sandberg Tom Sandberg Tom Sandberg is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana, Norway who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s....	Norway	1984	1982	1974, 1982
Bjarte Engen Vik Bjarte Engen Vik Bjarte Engen Vik is a former Norwegian nordic combined athlete. He won the FIS World Cup overall twice, in 1997/98 and 1998/99 with a total of 24 wins...	Norway	1998	1999, 2001	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Jason Lamy-Chappuis Jason Lamy-Chappuis Jason Lamy-Chappuis is a Franco-American ski jumper and cross-country skier who has represented France in Nordic combined ski events since 2002. Born in the United States, where he first began competing in skiing events, Chappuis moved with his family to France as a child...	Early Modern France	2010	2011	2007, 2010

Men's ski jump

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Birger Ruud Birger Ruud Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936...	Norway	1932, 1936	1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948	1932
Arnfinn Bergmann Arnfinn Bergmann Arnfinn Bergmann was a ski jumper from Norway.He was born in Trondheim and represented the clubs SK Freidig and SFK Lyn. He won a gold medal in the normal hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics, accompanied on the podium by Torbjørn Falkanger who won the silver medal...	Norway	1952	1952	1952
Antti Hyvärinen Antti Hyvärinen Antti Abram Hyvärinen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. He was born in Rovaniemi....	Finland	1956	1956	1956
Helmut Recknagel Helmut Recknagel Helmut Recknagel is a former East German ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.Recknagel was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia....	German Democratic Republic	1960	1960, 1962	1957, 1960
Toralf Engan Toralf Engan Toralf Engan is a retired ski jumper from Hølonda, Melhus, Norway. One of the leading ski jumpers in the early 1960s, at the 1964 Winter Olympics he became the Olympic champion in the large hill event, and also won a silver medal in the new normal hill event...	Norway	1964	1962, 1964	1962
Vladimir Beloussov Vladimir Beloussov Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov is a former Soviet ski jumper who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad Oblast...	Soviet Union	1968	1968	1968, 1970
Karl Schnabl Karl Schnabl Karl Schnabl is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed during the 1970s....	Austria	1976	1976	1976
Anton Innauer	Austria	1980	1980	1975
Matti Nykänen Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen is a Finnish former ski jumper who won five Olympic medals , nine World Championships medals and 22 Finnish Championships medals . Most notably, Nykänen won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most...	Finland	1984, 1988	1982	1982
Kazuyoshi Funaki Kazuyoshi Funaki , born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....	Japan	1998	1999	1997
Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...	Switzerland	2002	2007	2002, 2007

Men's 50 km

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Thorleif Haug Thorleif Haug Thorleif Haug was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. -Biography:Thorleif Haug was born in Vivelstad, a narrow valley between the Lier Lier, Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway...	Norway	1924	1924	1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924
Nils Karlsson Nils Karlsson Nils Emanuel Karlsson, known as Mora-Nisse is a Swedish cross-country skier. He was born in Mora, Dalarna.He won the Olympic gold medal in the 50 km at the 1948 Winter Olympics, a bronze medal in 50 km at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and a total of 37 gold medals in Swedish...	Sweden	1948	1948	1947, 1951
Ole Ellefsæter Ole Ellefsæter Ole Ellefsæter is a retired sportsman from Norway. He chiefly competed in cross-country skiing, and won two gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won one gold and one silver medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet...	Norway	1968	1968	1967
Pål Tyldum Pål Tyldum Pål Tyldum is a former cross country skier from Norway. Specializing in the longer distances, he won a gold medal in the 50 km event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 10km relay...	Norway	1972	1972	1969, 1972
Thomas Wassberg Thomas Wassberg Thomas Wassberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style - push for every leg - is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries....	Sweden	1984	1982	1980, 1982, 1987
Gunde Svan Gunde Svan Gunde Svan is a former Swedish cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics...	Sweden	1988	1985, 1989	1986, 1990
Petter Northug Petter Northug Petter Northug Jr. 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...	Norway	2010	2009	2010

Men's 18 km

Length shortened to 15 km in 1950

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Martin Lundström Martin Lundström Martin Lundström is a former Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late-1940s and early-1950s.He was born in Tvärliden, Norsjö Municipality....	Sweden	1948	1948	1948
Hallgeir Brenden Hallgeir Brenden Hallgeir Brenden was a former Norwegian cross-country skier from Tørberget in Trysil.He won Olympic gold medals in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 15 km event at the 1956 Winter Olympics, and an Olympic silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1952 Winter...	Norway	1952	1952	1952

Men's 15 km

Holmenkollen ran 1954-85 and 1994

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Hallgeir Brenden Hallgeir Brenden Hallgeir Brenden was a former Norwegian cross-country skier from Tørberget in Trysil.He won Olympic gold medals in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 15 km event at the 1956 Winter Olympics, and an Olympic silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1952 Winter...	Norway	1956	1956	1956
Eero Mäntyranta Eero Mäntyranta Eero Antero Mäntyranta is a former Finnish skier and multiple Olympic Champion. With his seven medals from four Winter Olympics, he is one of the most successful skiers Finland has ever produced....	Finland	1964	1964	1962, 1964, 1968
Harald Grønningen Harald Grønningen Harald Grønningen is a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received the King's cup in 1963 and 1967...	Norway	1968	1968	1960, 1961
Thomas Wassberg Thomas Wassberg Thomas Wassberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style - push for every leg - is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries....	Sweden	1980	1980	1979, 1985
Gunde Svan Gunde Svan Gunde Svan is a former Swedish cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics...	Sweden	1984	1989	1985

Women's 10 km

Holmenkollen ran 1954-86

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Ljubov Kozyreva Ljubov Kozyreva Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva is a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s for VSS Burevestnik.She won four Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km and silvers in the 10 km Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva (Lyubov Baranova from 1960 onwards) (born...	Soviet Union	1956	1954, 1956	1955
Klavdija Bojarskikh Klavdija Bojarskikh Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh was a Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. She trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society....	Soviet Union	1964	1964, 1966	1965, 1966
Toini Gustafsson Toini Gustafsson Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Gustafsson also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning three times at 10 km...	Sweden	1968	1968	1960, 1967, 1968
Galina Kulakova Galina Kulakova Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova is a female Soviet former cross country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. Kulakova trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society...	Soviet Union	1972	1972, 1974	1970, 1979
Raisa Smetanina Raisa Smetanina Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals . Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once...	Soviet Union	1976	1976	1975

Women's 30 km

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo is an Italian former cross-country skier.-Debut:Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo , the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee....	Italy	1992	1993	1997, 2002

Women's 5 km

Olympic: 1964-98, FIS: 1963-99, Holmenkollen: 1966-91

Winner	Country	Winter Olympics	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Holmenkollen
Klavdija Bojarskikh Klavdija Bojarskikh Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh was a Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. She trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society....	Soviet Union	1964	1964	1967
Helena Takalo	Finland	1976	1976, 1978	1976
Raisa Smetanina Raisa Smetanina Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals . Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once...	Soviet Union	1980	1980	1975