Johannes Høsflot Klæbo

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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
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Klæbo during a medal ceremony at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019
CountryNorway
Born (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 24)
Oslo, Norway
Height183.5 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Ski clubByåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons2016–
Individual wins40
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums56
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts81
Team starts4
Overall titles2 – (2018, 2019)
Discipline titles7 – (4 SP, 3 U23)
Medal record
Updated on 5 March 2021.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL.[3] He holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, a World Championship event, and an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.[4][5][6][7]

During the 2019–2020 World Cup season, Klæbo became the most successful male sprinter in World Cup history in terms of individual race victories, and set a new record for the most overall sprint titles, with 4.[8] He is currently the second most successful male overall race winner in the competition's history.[9][10]

Klæbo won three gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in his debut Olympic appearance.[11][12]

Athletic career[]

2015–16: World Cup debut[]

Klæbo made his debut in the World Cup in the 2015–16 season in the classic sprint in Drammen, Norway on 3 February 2016. He finished 15th in the race.[13]

2016–17: Breakthrough season[]

In the following 2016–17 season, Klæbo achieved his first World Cup podium after finishing third in the classic sprint in Ruka, Finland on 26 November 2016.[14] Later in the 2016–17 season, on 18 February 2017, Klæbo got his first World Cup victory when he won the sprint freestyle in Otepää, Estonia.[15] He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland, winning a bronze medal at the Men's sprint competition.[16] On 17 March 2017 in Quebec City he won his first small crystal globe in the Sprint World Cup and also won the Helvetia U23 overall ranking after winning the end-of-season mini tour. He finished his second World Cup season with three victories.

2017–18: Olympic success and World Cup overall[]

Klæbo participated in his first Olympics at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Prior to the Olympics, he had nine victories in the 2017–18 World Cup.[17] He made his Olympic debut by finishing 10th in the men's skiathlon event.[18] On 13 February 2018 he became an Olympic champion after winning the men's sprint. This victory made him the youngest ever male to win an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.[19] He skied the last leg on the Norwegian teams that won both the 4 × 10-kilometre relay and the men's team sprint.[20][21] A steep hill on the Olympic course was dubbed "Klæbo-bakken" ("Klæbo hill") by Norwegian media after Klæbo overtook his competitors several times in this climb throughout the games.[22][23] With three gold medals, he tied with French biathlete Martin Fourcade for most gold medals won in the games.[24]

Klæbo won the overall 2017–18 World Cup with a gap of 119 points down to Dario Cologna, making him the youngest ever winner of the World Cup.[25] He also beat the record for the most sprint victories in a single World Cup season, with 7 wins.

2018–19: Tour de Ski, World Championships, and second World Cup overall[]

Klæbo won the 2018–19 Tour de Ski in his first appearance in the Tour. 22 years and 76 days old, he became the youngest skier to win the overall Tour de Ski.[26]

Klæbo won three gold medals at the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria. He started the championships with a World Championship title in the individual sprint. By winning the sprint, Klæbo became the youngest male winner of a World Championship race in cross-country skiing.[27] He finished 30th in the skiathlon after not keeping up at the classic part of the race. The result at the skiatlon made Klæbo give away his spot at the 15-kilometre classic to Sjur Røthe. Together with Emil Iversen, Klæbo won the team sprint after beating Russia's Alexander Bolshunov in the last stages of the final leg. On 1 March, Klæbo raced the 4th leg on Norway's team who won the 4 × 10-kilometre relay on the second-to-last event of the championships.

Klæbo won the overall 2018–19 World Cup[28] and extended his own record of most sprint victories in a single World Cup season, with 8 wins.[circular reference] He also leveled Emil Jönsson's all-time World Cup record of most sprint victories, with 16 wins, and tied with Emil Jönsson and Ola Vigen Hattestad for the most overall sprint titles, with 3.[circular reference]

2019–20: Hand injury and fourth World Cup sprint title[]

After a shorter season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,[29][30][31] as well as a hand injury resulting in a short absence from competing,[32][33] Klæbo placed second overall in the 2019–20 World Cup.[34] He also placed third in the 2019–20 Tour de Ski[35] and achieved his best end-of-season ranking in the distance discipline, placing sixth.[36] Klæbo also won his fourth overall sprint title, thereby setting the record for most overall sprint titles in history.[37] He also overtook Emil Jönsson's all-time World Cup record of most individual sprint victories, extending his own record to 24.[circular reference]

Cross-country skiing results[]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[38]

Olympic Games[]

  • 3 medals – (3 gold)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual 		 30 km 
 skiathlon  		 50 km 
mass start 		 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2018 21 — 10 — Gold Gold Gold

World Championships[]

  • 7 medals – (6 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual 		 30 km 
 skiathlon  		 50 km 
mass start 		 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2017 20 15 — — Bronze — 4
2019 22 — 30 — Gold Gold Gold
2021 24 — 4 DSQ Gold Gold Gold

World Cup[]

Season titles[]

  • 9 titles – (2 overall, 4 sprint, 3 U23)
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Season
Discipline
2017 Sprint
U23
2018 Overall
Sprint
U23
2019 Overall
Sprint
U23
2020 Sprint

Season standings[]

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		Ski Tour
2020 		World Cup
Final
2016 19 110 — 68 12 — — N/A N/A
2017 20 4 29 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) — N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 21 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) — N/A 25
2019 22 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 N/A
2021 24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 8 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) — N/A N/A

Individual podiums[]

  • 40 victories – (23 WC, 17 SWC)
  • 56 podiums – (35 WC, 21 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2016–17 26 November 2016 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
2 2–4 December 2016 Norway Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 2nd
3 14 January 2017 Italy Toblach, Italy 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
4 18 February 2017 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 1.4 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
5 8 March 2017 Norway Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
6 18 March 2017 Canada Quebec City, Canada 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st
7 17–19 March 2017 Canada World Cup Final Overall Standings World Cup 1st
8 2017–18 24 November 2017 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st
9 25 November 2017 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 1st
10 24–26 November 2017 Finland Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 1st
11 2 December 2017 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
12 3 December 2017 15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/F World Cup 1st
13 9 December 2017  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
14 17 December 2017 Italy Toblach, Italy 15 km Pursuit C World Cup 1st
15 13 January 2018 Germany Dresden, Germany 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
16 20 January 2018 Slovenia Planica, Slovenia 1.6 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
17 21 January 2018 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
18 27 January 2018 Austria Seefeld, Austria 1.4 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
19 3 March 2018 Finland Lahti, Finland 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
20 7 March 2018 Norway Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
21 16 March 2018 Sweden Falun, Sweden 1.4 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
22 2018–19 24 November 2018 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
23 15 December 2018  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
24 29 December 2018 Italy Toblach, Italy 1.3 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
25 1 January 2019  Switzerland  Val Müstair, Switzerland 1.4 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
26 3 January 2019 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 15 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 1st
27 5 January 2019 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st
28 29 December 2018
– 6 January 2019		 ItalySwitzerlandGermanyItaly Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 1st
29 19 January 2019 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 1.6 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
30 9 February 2019 Finland Lahti, Finland 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
31 12 March 2019 Norway Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
32 16 March 2019 Sweden Falun, Sweden 1.4 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
33 22 March 2019  Canada Quebec City, Canada 1.6 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
34 23 March 2019 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st
35 22–24 March 2019  Canada World Cup Final Overall Standings World Cup 1st
36 2019–20 29 November 2019 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st
37 30 November 2019 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 2nd
38 29 November
– 1 December 2019		 Finland Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 1st
39 14 December 2019  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
40 28 December 2019  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland 15 km Mass Start F Stage World Cup 2nd
41 29 December 2019 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
42 3 January 2020  Italy  Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st
43 4 January 2020 1.5 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st
44 28 December 2019
– 5 January 2020		 SwitzerlandItaly Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 3rd
45 19 January 2020 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Pursuit C World Cup 2nd
46 26 January 2020 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 1.6 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
47 18 February 2020 Sweden Åre, Sweden 0.7 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st
48 20 February 2020 Norway Meråker, Norway 34 km Mass Start F Stage World Cup 2nd
49 22 February 2020 Norway Trondheim, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st
50 4 March 2020 Norway Konnerud, Norway 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
51 2020–21 27 November 2020 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 2nd
52 28 November 2020 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 1st
53 27–29 November 2020 Finland Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 1st
54 30 January 2021 Sweden Falun, Sweden 15 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd
55 31 January 2021 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 1st
56 13 March 2021 Switzerland Engadin, Switzerland 15 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums[]

  • 2 victories – (1 RL, 1 TS)
  • 2 podiums – (1 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 2018–19 10 February 2019 Finland Lahti, Finland 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint C World Cup 1st Iversen
2 2019–20 1 March 2020 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Golberg / Holund / Røthe

Personal life[]

Klæbo was born in Oslo, the capital of Norway. He lived there until he was five years old, before he and his family moved to Trondheim. He grew up there and still lives there today. Klæbo is very close to his family and spends a lot of time with them.[39] His father, Haakon Klæbo, is his manager and his grandfather, Kåre Høsflot, is his coach.[40]

Outside sports, Klæbo and his younger brother, Ola, run a YouTube channel where they upload weekly vlogs about Klæbo's everyday life as an athlete. He started his channel because he wanted people to see what cross-country skiers do outside competitions and off-season. His siblings help him out by editing and translating the videos. As of October 2019, Klæbo has over 102,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, and totals over 12 million views from over 100 videos.[41]

He was a part of Norway's elite sprint team until mid-2019 when he became a part of Norway's men's elite allround team.[42] He switched back to the elite sprint team before the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup season.[43]

Klæbo was given a non-custodial prison sentence of 16 days and a fine of NOK 10,000 by Sør-Trøndelag district court on 5 March 2019, following a road traffic accident on 12 December 2018, where he collided with a stationary car at a pedestrian crossing.[44]

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External links[]

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