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Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Norwegian alpine skier

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.

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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

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

Season standings

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Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

  • 3 podiums – (3 GS); 34 top tens
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World Championship results

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Olympic results

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References

  1. [1]
    Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. [2]
    "Results". Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Leif Kristian Haugen (1987) – Skattelister 2008" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Gilles 9th after short skate". The Denver Post. 27 January 2010.
  5. [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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