Eldar Rønning

Eldar Rønning (born 11 June 1982 in Levanger Municipality) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He skis with the Skogn IL club, in Nord-Trøndelag.

Career In 2004/05, he achieved three podium finishes in World Cup Sprint events, including a win at Reit im Winkl. He finished the season in 10th, 235 points behind overall winner Axel Teichmann. He was 62nd in the distance standings, 520 points behind Teichmann, and came second in the sprint discipline, 237 points behind fellow countryman Tor Arne Hetland. He also came second in the sprint discipline at the Norwegian national championships.

Rønning shared the 2005/06 season between the World Cup and the Scandinavian Cup, competing almost exclusively in sprints. He only competed in one World Cup race that was not either a sprint or a pursuit, it was a 15 km classic style race in Davos, Rønning finished 30th, 1:25.9 behind winner Jens Arne Svartedal. His best World Cup result was a third place achieved in a classic sprint in Drammen, a race in which the top four were Norwegian, and was won again by Svartedal. Rønning also came fifth twice, both in sprints, his only other race in the World Cup when he finished inside the top 20, was a 16th place in a sprint, in Oberstdorf. Rønning finished the season in 11th place in the FIS World Cup overall standings, 474 points behind German Tobias Angerer. Rønning was 28th in the distance standings, 671 points behind Angerer, and 7th in the sprint standings, 349 points behind sprint winner Björn Lind.

Rønning has won six World Cup races (15 km classical – three times, classical sprint – twice, and freestyle sprint) and three World Cup stages (all in Tour de Ski, 30 km classical mass start, 20 km classical mass start, classical sprint). In addition he has eight individual World Cup podiums.

Rønning has earned six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with four golds (4 × 10 km relay 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), one silver (15 km classical 2011) and a bronze (classical sprint 2007).

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 27 — 36 — — — — 2014 31 12 — — — 4 —

World Championships 6 medals – (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2005 22 21 — — 11 — — 2007 24 — 12 27 Bronze Gold — 2009 26 7 28 — — Gold — 2011 28 Silver — — — Gold — 2013 30 — 32 5 — Gold —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2002 19 2003 20 62 36 2004 21 53 104 20 2005 22 10 62 2006 23 11 28 7 2007 24 4 5 17 2008 25 13 21 7 26 2009 26 12 15 12 13 16 2010 27 15 25 17 13 2011 28 19 11 41 21 — 18 2012 29 10 12 46 22 13 2013 30 36 29 36 34 — 16 2014 31 24 21 28 — 10 2015 32 31 30 25 17

Individual podiums 11 victories (7 , 4 ) 24 podiums (15 , 9 )

Team podiums 8 victories – (6 , 2 ) 20 podiums – (13 , 7 )

Personal life He is married to fellow cross-country skier Laila Selbæk Rønning.