Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen


Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km classical interval start event. Pedersen is the oldest woman ever to win a cross country skiing World Cup race, which she did at age 41 in January 2006 in Otepää, Estonia.
Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.
In 2004, she won Tjejvasan.
She also won the Egebergs Ærespris in 2002. This prestigious prize is awarded to athletes who reach international top level in one sport and concurrently perform at national level in a second sport. Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also competed in ski orienteering, a sport in which she received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the World championships, and she has also won the overall World Cup.
At age 42, Gjermundshaug Pedersen decided to make a comeback in the World Cup for the 2006–07 season. In January 2008 she won her seventh Norwegian Championships gold medal, in the 10 km interval start race.
An unparalleled historic curiosum is the Norwegian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 3 × 5 km relay of 2006, where the entire winning team of Nybygda consisted of Gjermundshaug Pedersens: mother Hilde with her two twin daughters Eli and Ida.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay 		Team
sprint
20023761414—19Silver
200641Bronze10—285—

World Championships

Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay 		Team
sprint
199934—14————
20013664———Silver
200338Bronze44BronzeSilver
200540—11——GoldGold

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2001–02 9 December 2001 Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 2001–02 6 January 2002 Val di Fiemme, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3 2002–03 15 December 2002 Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
4 2002–03 19 December 2002 Linz, Austria1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
5 2002–03 25 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany10 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd
6 2003–04 10 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
7 2003–04 14 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup2nd
8 2003–04 21 February 2004 Umeå, Sweden10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
9 2004–05 8 January 2005 Otepää, Estonia10 Individual CWorld Cup2nd
10 2005–06 10 December 2005 Vernon, Canada7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
11 2005–06 7 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
12 2005–06 4 March 2006 Mora, Sweden45 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd
13 2005–06 9 March 2006 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
1 1985–86 13 March 1986 Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdNybråten / Nykkelmo / Tangen
2 1999–00 28 November 1999 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMartinsen / Nilsen / Moen
3 2000–01 9 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 3 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBay / Skari / Nilsen
42001–0216 December 2001 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBay / Skari / Skofterud
52001–0210 March 2002 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMoen / Bjørgen / Skofterud
62002–038 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Skari / Sorkmo
72002–0319 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMoen / Bjørgen / Steira
82002–0323 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stMoen
92002–0323 March 2003 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMoen / Steira / Skari
102003–0426 October 2003 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjørgen
112003–0423 November 2003 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Steira / Bjørgen
122003–047 December 2003 Toblach, Italy6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjørgen
132003–0414 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Bjørgen / Stemland
142003–0411 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Steira / Bjørgen
152003–0415 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjørgen
162003–0422 February 2004 Umeå, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Bjørgen / Steira
172003–046 March 2004 Lahti, Finland6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stBerg
182004–0524 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjørgen
192004–0524 November 2004 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBjørnås / Skofterud / Bjørgen
202004–0512 December 2004 Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBjørnås / Skofterud / Bjørgen
212004–0520 March 2005 Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBjørnås / Stemland / Bjørgen
222005–0623 October 2005 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjørgen
232005–0620 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBerg / Skofterud / Bjørgen
242006–0719 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSkofterud / Steira / Bjørgen