Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

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Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Alpine skier
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde - Bormio 2019 (cropped).jpg
Kilde in 2019
DisciplinesSuper-G, Downhill,
Combined, Giant slalom
ClubLommedalens IL
Born (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 29)
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
World Cup debut28 October 2012 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2015, 2017, 2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10 – (2013–2022)
Wins11 – (5 DH, 6 SG)
Podiums26 – (8 DH, 15 SG, 3 AC)
Overall titles1 – (2020)
Discipline titles1 – (SG, 2016)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Super-G 6 5 4
Downhill 5 2 1
Combined 0 1 2
Total 11 8 7
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mont-Sainte-Anne Giant slalom

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in four events, with a main focus on super-G and downhill.[2] Kilde hails from Bærum and represents the sports club Lommedalens IL.[3]

Career[]

Kilde became junior world champion in giant slalom in 2013 at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada,[4] and won the European Cup overall title that season.[2] He also finished second in the Super-G at the Norwegian national championships, setting a time 0.11 of a second behind winner Aksel Lund Svindal.[5] He made his World Cup debut in October 2012 and has competed on the circuit since the 2014 season.[6]

Kilde represented Norway in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[7] and was 13th in the super-G at Rosa Khutor, but did not finish in the downhill nor the combination, where he placed fourth in the downhill portion of the combined.

He gained his first World Cup podium in a super-G at Val Gardena in December 2015. It was a third place in a Norwegian sweep, following teammates Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud.

Kilde won the 2019–20 World Cup overall title, after the retirement of Marcel Hirscher with eight consecutive. Despite winning two races in Val Gardena in December 2020, he failed to defend the title due to a season-ending injury in January.

World Cup results[]

Season titles[]

FIS Crystal Globe.svg Season
Discipline
2016 Super-G
2020 Overall

Season standings[]

Season
Age Overall  Slalom  Giant
 Slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2014 21 80 — — 29 55 39 N/A
2015 22 75 — — 26 48 —
2016 23 7 — 36 1 12 16
2017 24 7 36 29 3 13 3
2018 25 15 — 19 12 14 15
2019 26 8 — 30 5 4 26
2020 27 1 — 8 3 4 2 13
  2021 ^ 28 11 — 17 5 8 — 14
2022 29 2 — — 1 1 — —
Standings through 14 January 2022
^ Injured in mid-January 2021, out for the rest of the season

Race podiums[]

  • 12 wins – (6 DH, 6 SG)
  • 27 podiums – (9 DH, 15 SG, 3 AC)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2016 18 Dec 2015 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 3rd
30 Jan 2016 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 1st
27 Feb 2016 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Super-G 1st
17 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
2017 16 Dec 2016 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 2nd
29 Dec 2016 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy Combined 3rd
16 Mar 2017 United States Aspen, USA Super-G 3rd
2019 1 Dec 2018 United States Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 3rd
15 Dec 2018 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
29 Dec 2018 Italy Bormio, Italy Super-G 3rd
19 Jan 2019  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
2020 6 Dec 2019 United States Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 2nd
29 Dec 2019 Italy Bormio, Italy Combined 2nd
24 Jan 2020 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 2nd
30 Jan 2020 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 2nd
14 Feb 2020 Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Super-G 1st
1 Mar 2020 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Combined 3rd
7 Mar 2020 Norway  Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 2nd
2021 18 Dec 2020 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 1st
19 Dec 2020 Downhill 1st
2022 3 Dec 2021 United States Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 1st
4 Dec 2021 Downhill 1st
17 Dec 2021 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 1st
29 Dec 2021 Italy Bormio, Italy Super-G 1st
13 Jan 2022  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
14 Jan 2022 Downhill 1st
21 Jan 2022  Austria  Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st

World Championship results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2015 22 — — 19 26 8
2017 24 — DNF1 4 6 4
2019 26 — — 24 8 22
2021 28 Injured, did not compete

Olympic results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 21 — — 13 DNF DNF2
2018 25 — — 13 15 21
2022 29 — — 3 5 2

Personal life[]

Although his middle name is derived from his mother's maiden name, he is not related to fellow Norwegian alpine racer Kjetil André Aamodt.[5]

Kilde is in a relationship with American skier Mikaela Shiffrin.

References[]

  1. ^ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b Vi kan snakke om en «Aksel-effekt» NRK. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
  3. ^ Lover gullfeiring for verdensmester Kilde Budstikka. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ Aamodt Kilde tok storslalåm-gull i junior-VM VG. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ a b Mastarciyan, Michael (2 October 2013). "Alpine Young Guns: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ^ KILDE Aleksander Aamodt FIS. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  7. ^ Her er Norges OL-tropp til Sotsji TV2. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

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