Ingvild Flugstad Østberg

Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Born	9 November 1990 Gjøvik, Norway
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2014)[1]
Ski club	Gjøvik FK
World Cup career
Seasons	2008–
Individual wins	4
Indiv. podiums	27
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team sprint 2014 Sochi Sprint World Championships 2015 Falun Team sprint
Updated on 7 February 2016.

Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (born 9 November 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2008.

Career

She won her first competition in the sprint event in the Tour De Ski on 31 December 2013. Her previous best individual World Cup finish was a 2nd place at a sprint event on 1 January 2013 held in Val Müstair, Switzerland during Tour de Ski.

She won 4 gold medals during the 2009 Junior World Championship in Praz de Lys-Sommand, but had to settle with a 5th place in the team sprint event during the 2009 World Championship in Liberec, along with Astrid Jacobsen. She finished 37th in the 30 km event.

At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, she won the team sprint with Marit Bjørgen, and placed second in the individual sprint. In Falun, she won the team sprint, this time with Maiken Caspersen Falla.

In the 2015-2016 season, she placed second in the Tour de Ski.

She also plays football for Gjøvik FK.^[2]

References

1. Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 50.
2. (Norwegian) – Spiller fotball så lenge hun vil Nettavisen.no

External links

• Ingvild Flugstad Østberg at the International Ski Federation