The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

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 competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation

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 (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31. FIS Congress, 29–30 April 1977 in Bariloche

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, Argentina

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Most successful race winners

The following skiers have won at least 10 World Cup races. Lists are not complete:

Rank #	Women	Country	Career	Victories	Distance				Sprint		Prologue
					Classic	Freestyle	Pursuit	Double pursuit	Classic	Freestyle	Classic	Freestyle
1.	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... *		1999–active	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Yelena Välbe Yelena Välbe Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna is a Russian former cross-country skier.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Välbe won a record-high fourteen gold , and three silver medals Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna is a Russian former cross-country skier.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Välbe...		1987–1998	45	17	25	2	-	-	1	-	-
3.	Bente Skari Bente Skari Bente Skari, née Martinsen, is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway. She is one of the most successful cross country skiers ever.-Career:...		1992–2003	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Petra Majdič Petra Majdic Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009...		1999–2011	24	3	-	-	-	14	6	1	-
5.	Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo is an Italian former cross-country skier.-Debut:Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo , the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee....		1989–2002	23	8	15	2	2	-	-	-	-
6.	Larisa Lazutina Larisa Lazutina Larisa Evgenevna Lazutina is a former professional cross country skier who competed for Russia during several Winter Olympic Games. In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals in skiing events: three gold, a silver and a bronze...		1984–2002	21	16	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
	Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Kowalczyk is a Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000.Kowalczyk is an Olympic Champion, a double World Champion and a triple winner of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup...		2001–active	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games...		1997–2010	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Kateřina Neumannová Katerina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová is a retired Czech cross country skier. She was a flatwater canoeist and downhill skier before moving to cross country skiing at sixteen...		1992–2007	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Yuliya Chepalova		1995–2009	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11.	Kristina Šmigun		1994–2010	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.	Manuela Di Centa Manuela Di Centa Manuela Di Centa is an Italian cross-country skier and former Olympic athlete. She is the cousin of former track and field athlete Venanzio Ortis and the sister of cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa.-Career:...		1982–1998	15	4	10	1	-	-	-	-	-
13.	Lyubov Yegorova Lyubov Yegorova Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova , name also spelled Ljubov Jegorova, is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion, many times world champion , winner of the World Cup and Hero of Russia. Lyubov Yegorova is an honorary citizen of Seversk , Saint Petersburg , and Tomsk Oblast...		1984–2003	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

• With 49 victories in World Cup competitions Bjørgen is record-holder among both women and men.

Rank #	Men	Country	Career	Victories	Distance				Sprint		Prologue
					Classic	Freestyle	Pursuit	Double pursuit	Classic	Freestyle	Classic	Freestyle
1.	Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. With 8 olympic gold medals, Dæhlie is the most winning winter olympic champion of all time. With nine gold medals in the Nord World Ski Championships he is in addition the most winning World Champion skier...		1989–2003	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Smirnov (skier) Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov is an Kazakhstani former cross-country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country...		1982–1999	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gunde Svan Gunde Svan Gunde Svan is a former Swedish cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics...		1983–1991	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	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...		1993–2003	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Arne Svartedal is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 1996. He represents Trøsken IL from Sarpsborg in Norway. His greatest achievement is winning the individual sprint gold medal at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo...		2000–active	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Tor Arne Hetland Tor Arne Hetland Tor Arne Hetland is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier.Hetland was born in Stavanger. He now lives in Trondheim and is with the Byåsen IL ski club there. Hetland is and...		1995–2009	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996.On February 17, 2006, he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical....		1997–active	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier"...		1998–active	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	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....		1996–2004	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Petter Northug Petter Northug Petter Northug Jr. is a Norwegian cross country skier and double Olympic champion. He has 9 World Championship and Winter Olympic gold medals with 13 medals overall, and nine individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup wins with 20 podium places...		2005–active	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

External links

• Cross-Country at FIS-Ski.com