Tor Arne Hetland


Tor Arne Hetland 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.The year after he did much worse, coming 42nd in the long distance, and 78th in the sprint, finishing 62nd overall. For the next three seasons he improved his overall standing and became a main contender in the sprint. In 1998/99 he came second in the sprints, and 23rd in the overall, in 1999/2000 he came fourth in the sprints but had a better long distance season than the one before, and in 2000/01 he came third in the sprints and 12th overall. In 2001/02 he came 13th in the overall standing, whilst finishing the sprint in sixth, and in 2003/04 he came fourth in the sprint, and claimed his first distance points, coming in 37th, and 14th in the overall. The following season, 2004/05, was Hetland's most successful year to date, winning the sprint title, and coming third in the overall standings.
Hetland finished the 2005/06 FIS World Cup season in third place, 259 points behind Tobias Angerer, and 7 points behind fellow countryman Jens Arne Svartedal. He finished third in the sprints, 163 points behind Björn Lind, and 20 points behind Thobias Fredriksson. He was 20th in the distance standings, 632 points behind Angerer.
Hetland has had 23 podium finishes in his World Cup career, 10 in first place, 10 in second place and three in third place. He has podiumed at least once every season since 1996/97, except for 1997/98 and 1999/2000. The most podium finishes he has had in one season was in 2004/05 when he had five. He had four in 2005/06 and three for three consecutive seasons from 2000/01. Of his 23 podium finishes all but three have come in sprints. His first non sprint podium was in 1996/97, when he came second in a 50 km race. In 2000/01 he came third in a 15 km race and on 19 November 2005 he won his first distance race in Beitostølen, Norway. The victory on this particular course was no great shock as the Beitostølen track is very flat as the tracks on the cross country circuit goes, and when taken into consideration that the Norwegian athletes, much like the larger teams like the Germans and Russians, are expected to be in near top condition at the beginning of the season so as to secure team selection. His victory in the sprint event in Vernon, Canada on 12 December 2005, was his 100th career race.

Retirement

Hetland announced his retirement the week of 27 April 2009 to a lingering knee injury and asthma. He stated that he "...... like I am quitting like I am top".

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Season titles

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
11995–964 February 1996 Reit im Winkl, Germany1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
2 1996–97 15 March 1997 Oslo, Norway50 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
31998–9927 December 1998 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
41998–9928 December 1998 Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
5 2000–01 8 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
6 2000–01 28 December 2000 Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
7 2000–01 29 December 2000 Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
8 2001–02 9 December 2001 Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
9 2001–02 27 December 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
10 2001–02 29 December 2001 Salzburg, Austria1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
11 2002–03 26 October 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
12 2002–03 11 December 2002 Clusone, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
13 2002–03 15 December 2002 Cogne, Italy1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
14 2003–04 26 February 2004 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
15 2004–05 23 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
16 2004–05 4 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland1.35 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
17 2004–05 14 December 2004 Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
18 2004–05 5 March 2005 Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
19 2004–05 9 March 2005 Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
20 2005–06 22 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
21 2005–06 19 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway15 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
22 2005–06 11 December 2005 Vernon, Canada1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
23 2005–06 8 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
24 2006–07 28 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
25 2006–07 25 November 2006 Rukatunturi, Finland1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
26 2006–07 13 December 2006 Cogne, Italy15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
28 2006–07 5 January 2007 Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
28 2006–07 15 February 2007 Changchun, China1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
292007–0815 December 2007 Rybinsk, Russia30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
302007–0830 December 2007 Prague, Czech Republic1.0 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
312007–084 January 2008 Asiago, Italy1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
32 2008–09 29 November 2008 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
33 2008–09 20 December 2008 Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
34 2008–09 29 December 2008 Prague, Czech Republic1.3 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
35 2008–09 20 December 2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic1.2 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
11995–9617 March 1996 Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup1stBjonviken / Estil / Andersen
2 1997–98 10 March 1998 Falun, Sweden10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndTorseth
3 1998–99 29 November 1998 Muonio, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndBjørndalen / Skjeldal / Dæhlie
4 1998–99 20 December 1998 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1st Bjervig / Jevne / Dæhlie
5 1998–99 10 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdHjelmeset / Jevne / Jermstad
6 1999–00 28 November 1999 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndBjervig / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
72000–0126 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stBjonviken / Hjelmeset / Skjeldal
82000–019 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stEstil / Skjeldal / Alsgaard
92001–0227 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stHjelmeset / Jevne / Bjerkeli
102001–0216 December 2001 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdEstil / Jevne / Alsgaard
11 2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndSkjeldal / Aukland / Alsgaard
12 2003–04 26 October 2003 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdBjerkeli
13 2003–04 7 December 2003 Toblach, Italy6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjerkeli
14 2003–04 14 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stAukland / Estil / Skjeldal
152004–0524 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stBjerkeli
162004–055 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndSvartedal
172004–0515 December 2004 Asiago, Italy6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1stSvartedal
18 2005–06 23 October 2005 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdRønning
19 2005–06 20 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdRønning / Svartedal / Hofstad
20 2006–07 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndRønning / Bjørndalen / Northug
21 2007–08 28 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndKjølstad
22 2007–08 25 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSundby / Svartedal / Hofstad
232008–097 December 2008 La Clusaz, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stSundby / Gjerdalen / Northug
242008–0921 December 2008 Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stHattestad