Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Haugen in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1987-11-29) 29 November 1987 (age 37) Bærum, Norway
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom
Club	Lommedalens IL
World Cup debut	25 October 2009 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2011–2019, 2023)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 – (2010–2020)
Wins	0
Podiums	3 – (3 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (17th in 2017)
Discipline titles	0 – (6th in GS, 2017, 2020)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team event World Championships 2023 Méribel Team event 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom

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.

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

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Parallel
2010	22	101	—	30	—
2011	23	89	58	26	—
2012	24	97	40	37	—
2013	25	51	27	24	13
2014	26	36	30	10	—
2015	27	44	45	11
2016	28	41	30	13
2017	29	17	24	6
2018	30	24	20	8
2019	31	40	35	13
2020	32	21	43	6	9
2021	33	39	49	14	21
2022	34	99	—	29	21
2023	35	91	—	29	—

Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

• 3 podiums – (3 GS); 34 top tens

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2017	4 Mar 2017	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
2020	8 Dec 2019	Beaver Creek, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
	2 Feb 2020	Garmisch, Germany	Giant slalom	3rd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2011	23	DNF2	16	—	—	—
2013	25	23	24	—	—	—
2015	27	—	DNF1	—	—	—
2017	29	15	3	—	—	—
2019	31	40	7	—	—	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team event
2010	22	DNF1	28	—	—	—	—
2014	26	12	16	—	—	—	—
2018	30	13	8	—	—	—	3

References

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

External links

• Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at FIS (alpine)
• Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at Olympics.com
• Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at Olympedia
• Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)