2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme
, Italy
for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races.
Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal.
The Finnish
relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis
tested positive for doping
.
Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal.
The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.
Val di Fiemme
thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races.
1.5 km individual sprint
February 26, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
15 km classical
February 21, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 35:47.5 | |
| Silver | 35:54.4 | |
| Bronze | 35:56.0 |
10 km + 10 km double pursuit
February 23, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 47:42.3 | |
| Silver | 47:42.6 | |
| Bronze | 47:42.7 |
30 km classical mass start
February 19, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:12:29.3 | |
| Silver | 1:12:29.9 | |
| Bronze | 1:12:30.4 |
50 km freestyle
March 1, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:54:25.3 | |
| Silver | 1:54:40.3 | |
| Bronze | 1:55:09.0 |
4 × 10 km relay
February 25, 2003| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Anders Aukland Anders Aukland Anders Aukland is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier who has won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He lives in Oslo.... , Frode Estil Frode Estil Frode Estil is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. He currently lives in Meråker with his wife Grete whom he married in the summer of 2001. They have two sons, Bernhard, born in August 2002, and Konrad. Estil was classical specialist and also a specialist at succeeding in World Championships... , Tore Ruud Hofstad Tore Ruud Hofstad Tore Ruud Hofstad is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1998 to 2010. A freestyle specialist, Hofstad is best noted as a member of the Norwegian relay team during three successful FIS Nordic World Ski Championship campaigns... , Thomas Alsgaard Thomas Alsgaard Thomas Alsgaard is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. Alsgaard is regarded by many as the best performer of the skate-style in cross-country skiing and many of today's best skiers have studied his technique... ) |
1:31:56.4 |
| Silver | (Jens Filbrich Jens Filbrich Jens Filbrich is a German cross-country skier who has been competing since 1998. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002... , Andreas Schlütter Andreas Schlütter Andreas Schlütter is a German cross-country skier who has been competing since 1993. He won 2 medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002... , René Sommerfeldt René Sommerfeldt René Sommerfeldt is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. He won 2 medals in the 4 x 10 km relays at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002... , Axel Teichmann Axel Teichmann Axel Teichmann is a German cross-country skier.- Background :... ) |
1:31:56.6 |
| Bronze | (Anders Södergren Anders Södergren Hans Anders Södergren is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4x10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 5th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at those same Olympics... , Per Elofsson Per Elofsson Per Eilert Elofsson is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... , Mathias Fredriksson Mathias Fredriksson Mathias Fredriksson is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... , Jörgen Brink Jörgen Brink Jörgen Brink is a Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete who has competed since 1994. He earned three bronze medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme .Brink's best finish at the Winter Olympics was a 24th in the individual sprint in 2002... ) |
1:32:12.8 |
1.5 km individual sprint
February 26, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
10 km classical
February 20. 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 25:47.0 | |
| Silver | 26:08.0 | |
| Bronze | 26:16.7 |
5 km + 5 km double pursuit
February 22, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 26:38.4 | |
| Silver | 26:39.0 | |
| Bronze | 26:39.0 |
Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal.
15 km classical mass start
February 18, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 39:40.9 | |
| Silver | 39:53.7 | |
| Bronze | 40:36.7 |
30 km freestyle
February 28, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:14:29.8 | |
| Silver | 1:14:45.1 | |
| Bronze | 1:14:56.7 |
4 × 5 km relay
February 24, 2003| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... , Viola Bauer Viola Bauer Viola Bauer is a retired German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007... , Claudia Künzel Claudia Künzel Claudia Nystad is a German top-level woman cross country skier. She represents the sports club WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal... , Evi Sachenbacher) |
50:54.7 |
| Silver | (Anita Moen Anita Moen Anita Moen, sometimes shown as Anita Moen-Guidon is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003... , Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen is a Norwegian cross country skier and triple olympic champion from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. Bjørgen is the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country World Cup history, with twenty-four victories. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with forty-eight... , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km classical interval start event... , Vibeke Skofterud Vibeke Skofterud Vibeke Westbye Skofterud is a Norwegian cross country skier who has been competing since 1999. She won gold in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010... ) |
51:26.3 |
| Bronze | (Natalya Korostelyova, Olga Zavyalova, Yelena Burukina Yelena Burukina Yelena Burukhina is a former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996. She won two medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver and a bronze .... , Nina Gavrilyuk Nina Gavrilyuk Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk is a former Soviet and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds and one bronze .In Soviet time she trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad... ) |
52:06.3 |
The Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis
Kaisa Varis
Kaisa Varis is a retired Finnish cross country skier and biathlete. Her career has been marred by doping convictions: as a cross country skiier, she was involved but not suspended in a doping scandal and in 2003 she was suspended two years for doping use...
tested positive for doping
Doping (sport)
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...
.
7.5 km sprint
February 28, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 18:47.8 | |
| Silver | 18:49.1 | |
| Bronze | 18:49.1 |
Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The 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...
. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal.
15 km Individual Gundersen
February 21, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 37:54.2 | |
| Silver | 38:46.3 | |
| Bronze | 39:10.1 |
4 × 5 km team
February 24, 2003| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Michael Gruber Michael Gruber (Nordic Combined) Michael Gruber is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.... , Wilhelm Denifl Wilhelm Denifl Wilhelm Denifl is an Austrian nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 8th in the 15 km individual event at those same championships.Denifil's has earned three... , Christoph Bieler Christoph Bieler Christoph Bieler is an athlete from Austria competing in Nordic combined who has competed since 1996. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with a gold in 2006 and a bronze medal in 2002... , Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald Felix Gottwald is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009... ) |
47:23.9 |
| Silver | (Thorsten Schmitt Thorsten Schmitt Thorsten Scmitt is a German nordic combined skier who has been competed since 1998... , Georg Hettich Georg Hettich Georg Hettich is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist.... , Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000... , Ronny Ackermann Ronny Ackermann Ronny Ackermann is a successful German Nordic combined skier.Ackermann started to learn to ski when he was five years old and took up ski-jumping two years later. As of 2004, he belongs to the team of Rhöner WSV Dermbach... ) |
+12.3 |
| Bronze | (Hannu Manninen Hannu Manninen Hannu Kalevi Manninen is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships... , Jouni Kaitainen Jouni Kaitainen Jouni Kaitainen is a Finnish nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 19th in the 15 km individual at those same championships.Kaitainen's best individual career... , Jaakko Tallus Jaakko Tallus Jaakko Tapio Tallus is a nordic combined athlete from Finland who won gold and silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics... , Samppa Lajunen Samppa Lajunen Samppa Lajunen is a retired Finnish Nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990s and early 2000s.... ) |
+1:15.5 |
Individual normal hill
February 28, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | 279.0 | |
| Silver | 263.0 | |
| Bronze | 259.5 |
Individual large hill
February 22, 2003| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | 289.0 | |
| Silver | 286.5 | |
| Bronze | 273.2 |
Team large hill
February 23, 2003| Medal | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Janne Ahonen Janne Ahonen Janne Petteri Ahonen is a former Finnish ski jumper who has competed in the world cup between 1992-2011. A legendary ski jumper, he is widely considered one of the best and most successful athletes in the history of the sport... , Tami Kiuru Tami Kiuru Tami Petri Antero Kiuru is a retired Finnish ski jumper.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003, he won a gold medal in the team large hill event. At the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 event, he won a bronze medal in the individual competition and a silver medal in the team... , Arttu Lappi Arttu Lappi Arttu Ville Eemeli Lappi is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won a gold medal in the team large event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 6th in the individual normal hill at those same championships.Lappi's two individual victories were... , Matti Hautamäki Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki is a Finnish ski jumper.-Biography:Matti made his first ski-jumping attempts at the age of seven near his home town of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and his friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti followed them... ) |
1046.6 |
| Silver | (Kazuyoshi Funaki Kazuyoshi Funaki , born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat.... , Akira Higashi Akira Higashi Akira Higashi is a Japanese ski jumper who is competing since 1988.His debut World Cup performance was on December 17, 1988 in Sapporo. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and had his individual finish of 10th in the... , Hideharu Miyahira Hideharu Miyahira is a retired Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers and one bronze .Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team... , Noriaki Kasai Noriaki Kasai , born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup... ) |
1010.1 |
| Bronze | (Tommy Ingebrigtsen Tommy Ingebrigtsen Tommy "Tiger'n" Ingebrigtsen is a former Norwegian ski jumper who represented Byåsen in Trondheim. He won the large hill competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, Ontario at only 17 years of age... , Lars Bystøl Lars Bystøl Lars Bystøl is a Norwegian ski jumper who has won one Olympic gold medal, one World Cup event, two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships bronze medals in the team large hill events , and a gold medal in the FIS Ski Flying World Championships... , Sigurd Pettersen Sigurd Pettersen Sigurd Pettersen is a Norwegian ski jumper . His greatest achievement is winning the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen in 2003.... , Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren is a Norwegian ski jumper representing Øvrevoll Hosle IL in Bærum.His first World Cup victory came in Bischofshofen, Austria during the Four Hills Tournament in January 2003. He has later won several World Cup competitions as well as two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships... ) |
991.9 |
Medal table
Medal winners by nation.The host country, Italy, did not get any medals.
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |