Espen Bjervig

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Espen Bjervig
Country Norway
Born (1972-06-30) June 30, 1972 (age 49)
Nøtterøy, Norway
Ski clubOseberg Skilag
World Cup career
Seasons9 (1995–2003)
Individual wins1
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums6
Team podiums7
Indiv. starts64
Team starts10
Overall titles0 – (7th in 1999)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km relay

Espen Bjervig (born June 30, 1972) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and earned his best individual finish of eight in the 10 km event in those same championships.

Bjervig also won four races of distances up to 15 km from 1997 to 2004. In June 2018, he was appointed as the Norwegian Ski Federation's managing director of cross-country. He had previously worked as sales director for a number of companies and as a marketing director for the Norwegian Ski Federation. Bjervig graduated from the BI Norwegian Business School in 1998, with a Master's degree in Finance.[1]

Cross-country skiing results[]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

World Championships[]

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1999 26 8 N/A 14 — — N/A Silver
2001 28 N/A — DNF — — — —

World Cup[]

Season standings[]

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1995 22 NC N/A N/A N/A
1996 23 NC N/A N/A N/A
1997 24 68 NC N/A 50
1998 25 85 59 N/A —
1999 26 7 23 N/A 4
2000 27 8 13 17 9
2001 28 50 N/A N/A 35
2002 29 22 N/A N/A 29
2003 30 51 N/A N/A 42

Individual podiums[]

  • 1 victory
  • 6 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1998–99  13 December 1998 Italy Toblach, Italy 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
2 5 January 1999 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
3 9 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
4  1999–00  11 December 1999 Italy Sappada, Italy 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 2nd
5 18 December 1999 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 30 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
6 27 December 1999 Switzerland Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums[]

  • 3 victories
  • 7 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1998–99 20 December 1998 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Jevne / Dæhlie / Hetland
2 26 February 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 2nd Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
3 21 March 1999 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Estil / Aukland / Hjelmeset
4  1999–00  28 November 1999 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Skjeldal / Alsgaard / Hetland
5 19 December 1999 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Hjelmeset / Jevne / Estil
6  2000–01  26 November 2000 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Sørgård / Aukland /
7  2002–03  8 December 2002 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hjelmeset / Estil / Skjeldal

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References[]

  1. ^ "Espen Bjervig ny langrennssjef" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Ski Federation. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "BJERVIG Espen". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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