Name Therese Johaug Indiv. podiums 75 Weight 46 kg | Individual wins 29 Height 1.62 m Seasons 2007– Role Cross-country skier | |
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Born 25 June 1988 (age 35) Os, Hedmark, Norway ( 1988-06-25 ) Siblings Karstein Johaug, Joakim Johaug, Veronica Johaug Similar People Marit Bjorgen, Heidi Weng, Petter Northug, Charlotte Kalla, Justyna Kowalczyk Profiles | ||
Therese Johaug earns third gold medal | Ladies' 30 km | Seefeld | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed for the clubs Tynset IF and IL Nansen. In world championships she has won four individual gold medals along with three gold medals in relays and she is a three-time Olympic medallist. She is currently serving an 18-month suspension for use of banned anabolic steroid clostebol, which ends in April 2018 .
Contents
- Therese Johaug earns third gold medal Ladies 30 km Seefeld FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Highlights Johaug destroyed the opposition Ladies 30 MST Oslo FIS Cross Country
- Athletic career
- Doping
- World Cup results
- Season titles
- Individual victories
- Team victories
- Olympic results
- World Championship results
- Sponsors
- References
Highlights | Johaug destroyed the opposition | Ladies' 30 MST | Oslo | FIS Cross Country
Athletic career
After skiing some domestic races in the 2006 season, Johaug took part at the Norwegian Championships in 2007, winning a bronze at the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event. She was selected for two World Cup races prior to the World Championships, finishing eighth and 33rd in two interval start races over 10 km, which was enough to be selected for competition in the 30 km distance at the 2007 Sapporo World Championships where she won a surprising bronze medal.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won gold in the 4 x 5 km relay, came sixth in the 15 km pursuit and seventh in the 30 km mass start (classic) race.
Johaug won her first individual gold medal in the 30 km mass start race at the 2011 World Championships in Oslo. She also won gold in the 4 x 5 km relay, bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit and fourth in the 10 km individual start. At the 2013 World Championships she won her second individual gold medal in the 10 km freestyle race.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won the silver medal in the 30 km mass start (free), the bronze medal in the 10 km classical, and finished fourth in the 15 km skiathlon.
Johaug and compatriot Martin Johnsrud Sundby became the first Norwegians to win the Tour de Ski when they won the women's and men's competitions in the 2013-14 edition of the race. Johaug subsequently won the overall and distance competitions in the 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
She won the Birkebeinerrennet ski marathon in 2015 with a time of 2.41.46. That year she also enjoyed her most successful World Championship performance in Falun, where she took three gold medals: two in individual events (the 15km skiathlon and the 30km classic mass start) and one as part of the Norwegian women's team in the 4x5km relay.
Johaug followed her World Championship success with her best ever World Cup season in 2015-16, winning a second Tour de Ski by overturning a 39-second deficit to Ingvild Flugstad Østberg on the final stage to complete the climb up Alpe Cermis with a lead of 2 minutes 21 seconds over runner-up Østberg. She went on to capture the overall and distance World Cups, rounding off her season by winning the inaugural Ski Tour Canada in a similar fashion to her Tour de Ski win, eradicating Heidi Weng's 30 second lead on the final stage pursuit to take victory by over a minute.
Until 2016 Egil Kristiansen coached Johaug, and was described (by media) as "in reality her best coach ... [and he had] helped her master freestyle" skiing.
Doping
On 13 October 2016, it was made public that Johaug had tested positive for the anabolic steroid clostebol which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In a press conference the same day, Johaug said that the presence of the substance was due to using the salve Trofodermin for her sore, sunburnt lips from 4 September to 15 September. The positive test was taken on 16 September. According to Johaug the salve had been handed over to her by the team's doctor, Fredrik S. Bendiksen, who at a press conference confirmed her story and said he had failed to notice that the salve contained a forbidden substance. Bendiksen resigned his position with immediate effect. On 19 October Johaug was suspended by Anti-Doping Norway for two months while the case was investigated further.
Johaug was later given a 13-month suspension by the Norwegian Olympic Committee. This ban would expire in time to allow Johaug to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics. In March 2017, the International Ski Federation appealed this decision, arguing the suspension was at the low end of applicable suspensions and failed to reflect the fact that the athlete had missed a printed doping warning label. On 22 August 2017 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a decision "in which Ms Johaug is suspended for a period of 18 months commencing on 18 October 2016" . As a result of the suspension Johaug will not be able to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
World Cup results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Season titles
Individual victories
Team victories
Olympic results
World Championship results
Sponsors
Her sponsors are (as of 13 October 2016) Tag Heuer, Huawei, Isklar and Eger.