Ola Vigen Hattestad

Ola Vigen Hattestad (born 19 April 1982) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 2002 through 2018. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he became Olympic champion in the individual sprint event at Sochi in 2014.

Hattestad has 13 individual World Cup victories, all in the sprint events. He also won the 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2013–14 World Cup in the sprint discipline and finished third in the overall 2008–2009 world cup.

Hattestad won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships, earning them in the individual and team sprint events. Having ranked sixth in the qualifying round, Hattestad progressed through the quarterfinals and semifinals by winning each round, eventually taking the title ahead of fellow Norwegian Johan Kjølstad. The subsequent day, the two of them teamed up for the team sprint and won another gold medal.

He was initially not qualified for the Norwegian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, but this changed before the opening individual sprint, where he emerged victorious after the fastest prologue, and winning the quarterfinal, semifinal and final.

On 3 May 2018, he announced his retirement from cross-country skiing.

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships

• 4 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

• 3 titles – (3 sprint)

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2003	20	NC	N/A	NC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2004	21	NC	—	NC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2005	22	28	—	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006	23	42	—	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007	24	30	—	9	N/A	—	N/A	N/A
2008	25	14	NC		N/A	—	DNF	N/A
2009	26		NC		N/A	—	69	N/A
2010	27	20	NC	5	N/A	—	DNF	N/A
2011	28	18	NC		DNF	—	DNF	N/A
2012	29	21	NC	5	DNF	DNF	38	N/A
2013	30	51	—	16	—	—	—	N/A
2014	31	15	86		49	—	35	N/A
2015	32	33	—	9	DNF	—	N/A	N/A
2016	33	26	72	7	—	—	N/A	DNF
2017	34	98	—	46	—	—	—	N/A

Individual podiums

• 13 victories (13 WC)
• 32 podiums (31 WC, 1 SWC)

Team podiums

• 4 victories – (4 TS)
• 6 podiums – (6 TS)