Tor Arne Hetland

Tor Arne Hetland (born 12 January 1974) is a Norwegian cross-country skiing coach and a former professional cross-country skier.

Hetland was born in Stavanger. He now lives in Trondheim. While active he represented Byåsen IL ski club. He was coached by Ulf Morten Aune. Hetland is and .

World Cup career Hetland began his career in 1990, but only started competing in the World Cup in 1996/97, where he finished 11th in the long distance standings and 46th in the sprint, finishing 30th in the overall standings.

Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1998 24 — — — 24 — 2002 28 — — 49 — Gold — 2006 32 — — 33 10 — Silver

World Championships 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1999 25 — — 17 — — 2001 27 — 7 — Gold Gold 2003 29 — — — — Bronze — 2005 31 — — — Silver — Gold 2007 32 — — — 18 — 7 2009 34 — — — 22 — —

World Cup Season titles 1 title – (1 sprint) SeasonDiscipline2005 Sprint

Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1995 21 1996 22 1997 23 30 11 46 1998 24 63 42 78 1999 25 23 24 2000 26 18 22 524 2001 27 12 2002 28 13 6 2003 29 9 2004 30 14 37 4 2005 31 61 2006 32 20 2007 33 4 21 4 5 2008 34 6 16 5 5 2009 35 19 58 42 —

Individual podiums 13 victories (11 , 2 ) 35 podiums (30 , 5 )

Team podiums

12 victories – (8 , 4 ) 24 podiums – (15 , 9 )