Sture Sivertsen

Sture Sivertsen (born 16 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1990s. He represented Leirådal IL. He made his world cup debut in Örnsköldsvik in 1990, finishing eight. His first World Cup podium came at Oslo in 1991 where he came third in the 50 km while his final world cup podium came at Val di Fiemme in 1997, where he finished third in the 10 km. He became world champion in 10 km and in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished third in the 50 km. He also has one gold and one silver medal from the olympics in relay, silver from 1994 and gold from 1998. He has two additional world championship relay gold medals from 1995 and 1997

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

Olympic Games 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1994 27 5 7 — Bronze Silver 1998 31 9 27 15 — Gold

World Championships 4 medals – (4 gold) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1991 24 — 21 7 — — 1993 26 Gold 14 — — Gold 1995 28 9 DNS 18 — Gold 1997 30 5 16 — 5 Gold

World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallLong DistanceSprint 1990 23 37 1991 24 13 1992 25 23 1993 26 8 1994 27 10 1995 28 27 1996 29 20 1997 30 8 8 8 1998 31 15 17 12 1999 32 37 33

Individual podiums 1 victory 9 podiums

Team podiums 7 victories 14 podiums

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.