Career
Hattestad has 13 individual World Cup victories, all in the sprint events. He also won the 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2013–14 World Cup in the sprint discipline and finished third in the overall 2008–2009 world cup. Hattestad won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships, earning them in the individual and team sprint events. Having ranked sixth in the qualifying round, Hattestad progressed through the quarterfinals and semifinals by winning each round, eventually taking the title ahead of fellow Norwegian Johan Kjølstad. The subsequent day, the two of them teamed up for the team sprint and won another gold medal. He was initially not qualified for the Norwegian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, but this changed before the opening individual sprint, where he emerged victorious after the fastest prologue, and winning the quarterfinal, semifinal and final. On 3 May 2018, he announced his retirement from cross-country skiing.Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 gold)World Championships
* 4 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)World Cup
Season titles
* 3 titles – (3 sprint)Season standings
Individual podiums
* 13 victories – (13 ) * 32 podiums – (31 , 1 )Team podiums
* 4 victories – (4 ) * 6 podiums – (6 )References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hattestad, Ola Vigen 1982 births Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing People from Askim Sportspeople from Viken (county)