Magnus Moan

Magnus Moan
Magnus Moan on the first day of the Nordic Combined Triple 2018
Full name	Magnus Hovdal Moan
Born	(1983-08-26) 26 August 1983 Lillehammer, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Ski club	Byåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons	2002–2019
Podiums	54
Wins	25
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 4 x 5 km team 2006 Turin 7.5 km sprint 2014 Sochi 10 km sprint 2006 Turin 15 km individual World Championships 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km team 2005 Oberstdorf 7.5 km sprint 2007 Sapporo 7.5 km sprint 2013 Val di Flemme Team normal hill 2015 Falun 4 x 5 km team 2017 Lahti 4 x 5 km team 2017 Lahti Team sprint 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km team 2009 Liberec 4 x 5 km team 2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team normal hill 2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team large hill 2015 Falun Team sprint

Magnus Hovdal Moan (born 26 August 1983) is a retired Norwegian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002 until 2019.

Background

Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with the Byåsen IL club. When he is not training or competing Moan works for a company called Doka Norge A/S. It is a sister-company of Doka Austria. They rent/sell shuttering accessories to building constructors. Moan is 6 ft 2 in (189 cm) tall, his weight is 11 st 4 lb (158 lb; 72 kg).

Career

Moan finished second in the 2005–06 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. Moan is a solid ski jumper, but his strength lies in his cross-country skiing. He won one world cup event in the 2005–06 season, in the sprint in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria, and finished a race outside of the top eight only once this season. In the 2004–05 season, he finished fifth, eighth in the 2003–04 season, and forty-first in the 2002–03 season.

Moan won an Olympic bronze medal in the Nordic combined on 11 February 2006 in the 15 km individual. He jumped 97.5 m and 97 m scoring 237.5 points after both jumps, leaving him one minute, forty seconds behind Georg Hettich, who won the ski jumping phase. He then skied the 15 km race in 39:44.6, 16.2 seconds behind the winner Hettich, beating fellow countryman Petter Tande in a photo finish. On 21 February 2006, Moan won a silver in the 7.5 km sprint. He completed the race in 18:34.4, 5.4 seconds behind winner Felix Gottwald of Austria.

Moan also has five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (4 x 5 km team: 2005), two silvers (7.5 km sprint: 2005, 2007), and two bronzes (4 x 5 km team: 2007 and 2009). He also won the individual Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2005.

External links

• Magnus H. Moan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Nordic Eagles biography of Moan
• Official website (in English and German), and (in Norwegian)