Tore Ruud Hofstad (born August 9, 1979) is a
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
cross-countryCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles. It is popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and the upper midwest United States...
skier who has competed since 1998. He has won six medals in the
FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsThe 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...
with four golds (Team sprint: 2005, 4 x 10 km: 2003, 2005, 2009), one silver (Individual sprint: 2003), and one bronze (15 km: 2005).
Hofstad has eight individual victories from 2001 to 2005 and presently skis for
Lillehammeris a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal...
Skiklub.
He suffered long term illness that kept him out for the entire 2008 season, which was diognised as TWAR.
In 2009 he was part of the record-setting Norwegian relay team which won the men's 4 x 10 kilometer relay for a record fifth consecutive time.
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Tore Ruud Hofstad (born August 9, 1979) is a
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
cross-countryCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles. It is popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and the upper midwest United States...
skier who has competed since 1998. He has won six medals in the
FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsThe 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...
with four golds (Team sprint: 2005, 4 x 10 km: 2003, 2005, 2009), one silver (Individual sprint: 2003), and one bronze (15 km: 2005).
Hofstad has eight individual victories from 2001 to 2005 and presently skis for
Lillehammeris a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal...
Skiklub.
He suffered long term illness that kept him out for the entire 2008 season, which was diognised as TWAR.
In 2009 he was part of the record-setting Norwegian relay team which won the men's 4 x 10 kilometer relay for a record fifth consecutive time. Hofstad expressed joy in being able to prove his doubters wrong, after he had performed well, gaining over ten seconds on
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Franz GöringFranz Göring is a German cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and had his best individual finish of sixth in the 15 km at the 2007 championships in Sapporo.Göring also...
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