Ragnhild Gløersen Haga

Ragnhild Gløersen Haga
Gløersen Haga in Seefeld, January 2018
Country Norway
Born (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33)
Holter, Nannestad, Norway
Ski clubÅsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (20102013, 20152023)
Starts140
Podiums11
Wins2
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2015)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 5 km relay
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liberec 10 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liberec 15 km skiathlon
Silver medal – second place 2014 Val di Fiemme 15 km skiathlon
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Otepää 5 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Otepää 4 × 3.33 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Otepää Individual sprint

Ragnhild Gløersen Haga (born 12 February 1991) is a retired Norwegian Olympic champion cross-country skier.[1]

Career

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Haga competed in the 2015 World Cup season,[2] making a breakthrough by taking 12 top-ten World Cup results.[2]

At the 2015 Tour de Ski, she finished fourth overall.[3]

She represented Norway at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun.

In May, 2021, she was dropped from the Norwegian National Cross-country Team.[4]

On 12 March 2023, Haga made history by winning the first ever women's 50 km World Cup race, in Holmenkollen, Norway.[5]

She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing on 30 March 2023.[6]

Personal life

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Haga was born in Nannestad on 12 February 1991.[7]

She is the niece of Anders Bakken, who competed in cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[2] Her partner is Øyvind Gløersen.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[8]

Olympic Games

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  • 2 medals – (2 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2018 27 Gold 15 Gold
2022 31 29 28 5

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2015 24 29
2017 26 4
2019 28 10
2021 30 7

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
Ski Tour
2020
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
2010 19 NC NC
2011 20 108 73 NC
2012 21 NC NC NC
2013 22 78 57 NC 29
2015 24 5 5 32 6 4
2016 25 13 10 25 12 6 DNF
2017 26 19 15 38 10 DNF 12
2018 27 9 8 NC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2019 28 27 16 44 9
2020 29 19 16 37 28 17 13
2021 30 57 39
2022 31 29 18 60 17
2023 32 52 28

Individual podiums

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  • 2 victories – (1WC, 1 SWC)
  • 11 podiums – (7 WC, 4 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2014–15 3 January 2015 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 3 km Individual F Stage World Cup 3rd
2 2015–16 27 November 2015 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 3rd
3 2017–18 26 November 2017 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 1st
4 26 November 2017 Finland Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 3rd
5 3 December 2017 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F World Cup 3rd
6 10 December 2017 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
7 16 December 2017 Italy Toblach, Italy 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
8 28 January 2018 Austria Seefeld, Austria 10 km Mass Start F World Cup 3rd
9 28 January 2018 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 3rd
10 18 March 2018 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 2nd
11 2022–23 12 March 2023 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Mass Start F World Cup 1st

Team podiums

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  • 2 victories – (2 RL)
  • 3 podiums – (3 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2011–12 12 February 2012 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Weng / Kristoffersen / Østberg
2 2016–17 18 December 2016 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Østberg / Bjørgen / Weng
3 2018–19 9 December 2018 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Weng / Johaug / Østberg

References

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  1. ^ "Ragnhild Haga". FIS. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Trawka, Irek (14 July 2015). "Cross-Country Talk: Ragnhild Haga (NOR)". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Ragnhild Haga: - Det er så surrealistisk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ Busk, Martin (3 May 2021). "Ragnhild Haga ferdig på landslaget: - Skuffet, oppgitt og overrasket". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Historic Haga wins first women's 50km race after thriller sprint finish". International Ski Federation. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  6. ^ Boge-Fredriksen, Hans Christian (30 March 2023). "Ragnhild Haga legger opp: – Trist og rart". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  7. ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Ragnhild Haga". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ "HAGA Ragnhild". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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