Emil Nyeng

Emil Nyeng (born 30 April 1991) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and biathlete. He made his FIS Cross-Country World Cup debut in February 2011 in the Drammen sprint race, collecting his first World Cup points in the 2014 edition of the same race with a 21st place. In 2014–15 he broke the top 20 twice, with 19th places in Ruka and Otepää sprints.

Early life He was born in Tromsø. Growing up in Ringebu, he moved to Lillehammer in 2015.

The 2014–15 World Cup season saw him being selected for his first World Cup race abroad, in Ruka. This became an all-time best with a 19th place, which he then repeated in January 2015 in Otepää. Nyeng later rated his Scandinavian Cup victory in Estonia (Jõulumäe) in February 2015 as one of the proudest moments of his career. He failed to finish the race, however. Blood tests showed nothing wrong, but he had to take a break from training. He had to start the 2016-17 season by contesting Norwegian Cup races, and reach the podium there to be considered for World Cup squads.

He once again received a berth at the Drammen sprint races in 2017 and 2018, collecting his final World Cup points with a 22nd place at the latter event. One month later, he announced his decision to retire from cross-country skiing and instead take up the biathlon. His first contest was a show race in Drammen in the summer.

During his first biathlon season, he performed decently in national-level races. However, if he was not able to enter the World Cup races during the forthcoming season, he would retire. To that end, Nyeng tried a new form of training, "heat training", which entailed ergometer cycling in 45 degrees celsius. He competed in the IBU Cup, but with limited success. Nyeng chose to retire in 2020.

Post-active career During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway, he worked with forest planting. Having won an amateur photography contest in 2016, he pursued a path of press photography.

World Cup season standings All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Season Age Discipline standings OverallDistanceSprint 2011 19 — 2013 21 — 2014 22 136 — 83 2015 23 114 — 60 2016 24 — 2017 25 — 2018 26 130 — 72