Maiken Caspersen Falla

Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. She became Olympic champion in the individual sprint event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Falla finished 39th in the individual sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

She finished 20th in the individual sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Falla has three individual World Cup victories, taken in skate sprints in Rogla in 2011, Canmore in 2012 and in Drammen in 2014. She also has four first places from team sprint events in Liberec and Düsseldorf in 2011, in Liberec in 2013 and in Nove Mesto in 2014.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Falla was selected for the Team Sprint with her teammate Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen. The pair took Bronze behind the Swedish and Finnish teams. Two years later, at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 at Val di Fiemme in Italy, Falla won the bronze medal in the individual sprint event.

World Cup results

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

Season titles

• 1 title – (1 sprint)

Season	Discipline
2016	Sprint

World Cup standings

Season	Age	Season Standings			Ski Tour Standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2009	18	39	–	15	N/A	–	–	N/A
2010	19	55	–	25	N/A	–	–	N/A
2011	20	24	–	6	–	–	–	N/A
2012	21	12	35	2	11	–	16	N/A
2013	22	19	35	4	–	–	14	N/A
2014	23	16	37	5	16	–	18	N/A
2015	24	6	37	3	7	WD	N/A	N/A
2016	25	6	20	1	10	WD	N/A	10
2017	26	6	26	1	7	WD		N/A

Individual podiums

• 13 victories – (9 WC, 4 SWC)
• 35 podiums – (26 WC, 9 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level	Place
1	2008-09	20 December 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
2	2010-11	23 January 2011	Otepää, Estonia	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
3		20 February 2011	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
4		16 March 2011	Stockholm, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	3rd
5	2011-12	11 December 2011	Davos, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
6		18 December 2011	Rogla, Slovenia	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
7		14 January 2012	Milano, Italy	1.4 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
8		17 February 2012	Szklarska Poręba, Poland	1.6 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
9		14 March 2012	Stockholm, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	3rd
10	2012-13	8 December 2012	Quebec, Canada	1.6 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
11		13 December 2012	Canmore, Canada	10 km C Mass Start	World Cup	3rd
12		15 December 2012	Canmore, Canada	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
13		12 January 2013	Liberec, Czech Republic	0.85 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
14	2013-14	21 December 2013	Asiago, Italy	1.25 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
15		5 March 2014	Drammen, Norway	1.3 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
16	2014-15	29 November 2014	Ruka, Finland	1.4 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
17		14 December 2014	Davos, Switzerland	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
18		14 February 2015	Östersund, Sweden	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
19		11 March 2015	Drammen, Norway	1.3 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
20	2015-16	27 November 2015	Ruka, Finland	1.4 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	1st
21		13 December 2015	Davos, Switzerland	1.6 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
22		19 December 2015	Toblach, Italy	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
23		1 January 2016	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	1st
24		3 February 2016	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
25		11 February 2016	Stockholm, Sweden	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
26		20 February 2016	Lahti, Finland	1.6 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
27		1 March 2016	Gatineau, Canada	1.7 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	1st
28		4 March 2016	Quebec, Canada	1.5 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	2nd
29		8 March 2016	Canmore, Canada	1.5 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	1st
30	2016-17	26 November 2016	Ruka, Finland	1.4 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
31		2 December 2016	Lillehammer, Norway	1.3 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	2nd
32		11 December 2016	Davos, Switzerland	1.6 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
33		31 December 2016	Val Müstair, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	2nd
34		14 January 2017	Toblach, Italy	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
35		28 January 2017	Falun, Sweden	1.4 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

• 5 victories – (4 TS, 1 RL)
• 12 podiums – (11 TS, 1 RL)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level	Place
1	2008–09	21 December 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Brun-Lie)
2	2009–10	6 December 2009	Düsseldorf, Germany	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	(with Brun-Lie)
3	2010–11	5 December 2010	Düsseldorf, Germany	6x0.9 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Brun-Lie)
4		16 January 2011	Liberec, Czech Republic	6x1.3 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	1st	(with Bjørgen)
5	2011–12	4 December 2011	Düsseldorf, Germany	6x0.9 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	(with Eide)
6	2012–13	7 December 2012	Quebec, Canada	6x1.6 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	(with Brun-Lie)
7		13 January 2013	Liberec, Czech Republic	6x0.85 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	(with Østberg)
8	2013–14	22 December 2013	Asiago, Italy	6x1.25 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	2nd	(with Østberg)
9		12 January 2014	Nové Město, Czech Republic	6x1.3 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	1st	(with Østberg)
10	2014–15	18 January 2015	Otepää, Estonia	6x1.2 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Østberg)
11	2015–16	6 December 2015	Lillehammer, Norway	4x5 km M Relay	World Cup	1st	(with Østberg / Johaug / Weng)
12	2016–17	15 January 2017	Toblach, Italy	6x1.3 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	(with Jacobsen)

Olympic results

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

Year	Age	10 km  individual	15 km   skiathlon	30 km  mass start	Sprint	4x5 km   relay	Team   sprint
2010	19	–	–	–	20	–	–
2014	23	–	–	–	1	–	–

World Championship results

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km  individual	15 km   skiathlon	30 km  mass start	Sprint	4x5 km   relay	Team   sprint
2009	18	–	–	–	39	–	–
2011	20	–	–	–	13	–	3
2013	22	–	–	–	3	–	4
2015	24	–	–	–	3	–	1