Vegard Ulvang

Vegard Ulvang (born October 10, 1963 in Kirkenes) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on part of all the athletes. In addition to his Olympic achievements, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1991 (shared with Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, and Jens Weissflog), and won the World Cup in 1990. He has also won nine gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the Norwegian Championships. He earned nine World Cup race victories. Ulvang also won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

After retiring from professional skiing, he started his own clothing line.

On May 25, 2006, Ulvang was named chairman of the executive board of the International Ski Federation's cross-country committee, taking over from Peter Petricek of Slovenia, who decided to step down after four years in the job. Ulvang was given the position without election after the board of the FIS decided unanimously that Ulvang was the best man for the job.

Ulvang is also a part of Norwegian TV 2's television travel-series Gutta på tur, together with fellow skier Bjørn Dæhlie, TV personality Arne Hjeltnes and chef Arne Brimi. He is also the creator and organizer of the Tour de Ski.

World Championship medals

• 1987
  • Bronze relay
• 1989
  • Silver 30 km
  • Bronze 15 km classical
• 1991
  • Gold relay
  • Bronze 30 km
• 1993
  • Gold relay
  • Silver 30 km
  • Bronze 10 km

References

• FIS-Ski: Vegard Ulvang – statistics
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• IOC 1994 Winter Olympics
• Official site