Heidi Weng

Born

20 July 1991
Ytre Enebakk

Height

163 cm (5 ft 4 in) (2014)^[1]

Ski club

IL i BUL

World Cup career

Seasons

2010–

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Women's cross-country skiing
Competitor for Norway
Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi	15 km skiathlon
World Championships
	2013 Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km
	2015 Falun	4 × 5 km
	2013 Val di Fiemme	Pursuit
Junior World Championships
	2010 Hinterzarten	4 x 3,3 km relay
	2011 Otepää	10 km pursuit
	2011 Otepää	4 x 3,3 km relay
	2010 Hinterzarten	10 km pursuit
	2011 Otepää	5 km freestyle

Heidi Weng (born 20 July 1991) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner.

Career

In cross-country skiing her best individual World Cup finish is a second place in Tour de Ski in January 2016. She has won three gold medals at the Junior World Championships, two in relay and one in pursuit.^[2]

She is a Norwegian senior champion in fell running in 2010, and placed fourth at the World Junior Championships in the same year. She is also a Norwegian junior champion in cross-country running.^[3]

She hails from Ytre Enebakk, but represents the club IL i BUL.^[3]

Weng won the bronze medal at the skiathlon event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

World Cup results

Individual victories

3 victories – (3 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	2015-16	9 January 2016	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km C Mass Start	Stage World Cup
2		5 March 2016	Quebec City, Canada	10 km F Pursuit	Stage World Cup
3		8 March 2016	Canmore, Canada	7.5+7.5 km C/F Skiathlon	Stage World Cup

References

World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954: Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Margarita Maslennikova Valentina Tsaryova 1958: Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva 1962: Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova Maria Gusakova Alevtina Kolchina 1966: Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh Rita Achkina Alevtina Kolchina 1970: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Galina Kulakova Alevtina Olyunina

4 x 5 km	1974: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Nina Selyunina Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova 1978: Finland Taina Impiö Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo 1982: Norway Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen 1985: Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Anfisa Romanova 1987: Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Nina Gavrilyuk Larisa Ptistyna Anfisa Reztsova 1989: Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen 1991: Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe 1993: Russia Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova 1995: Russia Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk 1997: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Yelena Välbe 1999: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrilyuk 2001: Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova Nina Gavrilyuk 2003: Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher 2005: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2007: Finland Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Pirjo Manninen 2009: Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2011: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2013: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen 2015: Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen

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