Fossavatnsgangan

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Fossavatngangan
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)April
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Ísafjörður
CountryIceland
Inaugurated1935 (1935)

Fossavatnsgangan is an annual ski marathon held in Ísafjörður, in the Westfjords of Iceland. The event has been a part of Worldloppet since 2014.[1][2]

It is the oldest ski race in Iceland, held since 1935.[3][4][2] Although it was cancelled several times in the 1940s and 1950s, the race has been held every year since 1956.

Initially a 20 km race, a shorter distance of 10 km was added in 1987, and in 1989 a 7 kilometre course followed to attract children and beginners.[3] The currently longest race over the distance of 50 km has only been held since 2004 and due to its challenges and difficulties has increasingly attracted international professional skiers, particularly Norwegians.[3] In 2005 this 50 km marathon was added to the FIS, and that same year Fossavatn became a founding partner of the FIS Nordic Ski Marathon Cup, a series which includes the Holmenkollen Skimaraton in Norway, Tornedalsloppet in Sweden, Oulun Tervahiihto in Finland and the Fossavatn Ski Marathon in Iceland.[3]

The most successful athlete of the marathon since its inception in 1935 is a local skier named Kristján Rafn Gudmundsson, 12 times winner of the Fossavatn Ski Marathon in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] The most prolific competitor is another local named Sigurður Jónsson who first competed in 1938.[3][4]


Winners[]

Men[]

Year Name Nation
1994 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
1995 - 21 km Einar Ólafsson Iceland Iceland
1996 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
1997 - 21 km Einar Ólafsson Iceland Iceland
1998 - 21 km Magnús Eiríksson Iceland Iceland
1999 - 21 km Magnús Eiríksson Iceland Iceland
2000 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2001 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2002 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2003 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2004 Iceland Iceland
2005 Norway Norway
2006 Jørgen Aukland Norway Norway
2007 Oskar Svärd Sweden Sweden
2008 Norway Norway
2009 Oskar Svärd Sweden Sweden
2010 Sweden Sweden
2011 Vadim Gusev Lithuania Lithuania
2012 Sweden Sweden
2013 Toni Livers Switzerland Switzerland
2014 Norway Norway
2015 Ilia Chernousov Russia Russia
2016 Sweden Sweden
2017 Petter Northug Norway Norway
2018 Ilia Chernousov Russia Russia
2019 Norway Norway
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Snorri Einarsson Iceland Iceland

Women[]

Year Name Nation
1995 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
1996 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
1997 - 21 km Stella Hjaltadóttir Iceland Iceland
1998 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
1999 - 21 km Stella Hjaltadóttir Iceland Iceland
2000 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2001 - 21 km Stella Hjaltadóttir Iceland Iceland
2002 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2003 - 21 km Iceland Iceland
2004 United States USA
2005 United States USA
2006 United States USA
2007 Susanne Nyström Sweden Sweden
2008 Lina Andersson Sweden Sweden
2009 Kim Rudd United States USA
2010 United States USA
2011 Iceland Iceland
2012 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland Finland
2013 Seraina Boner Switzerland Switzerland
2014 Canada Canada
2015 Riitta-Liisa Roponen Finland Finland
2016 Justyna Kowalczyk Poland Poland
2017 Britta Johansson Norgren Sweden Sweden
2018 Sweden Sweden
2019 France France
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 France France

References[]

  1. ^ "Fossavatn Ski Marathon". Worldloppet. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (June 22, 2014). "Fossavatnsgangan í hóp með frægustu skíðagöngum í heimi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "History". Fossavatngangan. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Gunnarsdóttir, Signý (April 30, 2013). "Gestrisnir ísfirskir skíðagöngugarpar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 September 2017.

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