Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
— Alpine skier —

Giant slalom at Trysil in March 2011
Disciplines Super-G, Downhill,
Combined, Giant slalom
Club Lommedalens Sk Skiclub
Born (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) [1]
World Cup debut 28 October 2012 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 1 – (2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 3rd – (2014–16)
Wins 2 – (1 SG, 1 DH)
Podiums 4 – (3 SG, 1 DH)
Overall titles 0 – (7th in 2016)
Discipline titles 1 – (1 SG, 2016)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Competitor for  Norway
Junior World Ski Championships
2013 Mont-Sainte-Anne Giant slalom

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in all events with a main focus on super-G.[2] Kilde hails from Bærum in Akershus county, just west of Oslo, and represents the sports club Lommedalens IL.[3] Although his middle name is derived from his mother's maiden name, he is not related to fellow Norwegian alpine skier Kjetil André Aamodt.[4]

Career

Kilde became junior world champion in giant slalom in the 2013 junior championship in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.[5] He won the 2013 European Cup in alpine skiing.[2] That year 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.[4] 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] In Sochi, Aamodt Kilde placed 13th in the super-G. He did not finish in the downhill competition nor the combination, where he placed fourth in the downhill portion of the combined.

Kilde 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.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2016 Super G

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 21 80 — — 29 55 39
2015 22 75 — — 26 48 —
2016 23 7 — 36 1 12 16

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2016 18 Dec 2015 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 3rd
30 Jan 2016 Germany Garmisch, Germany Downhill 1st
27 Feb 2016 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Super-G 1st
17 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2015 22 — — 19 26 8

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 21 — — 13 DNF DNF2

References

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

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