Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
	Alpine skier
	Kilde 2019
Disciplines	Super-G, Downhill,; Combined, Giant slalom
Club	Lommedalens IL
Born	21 September 1992; Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
World Cup debut	28 October 2012 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2015, 2017, 2019)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	9 – (2013–2021)
Wins	6 – (3 DH, 3 SG)
Podiums	20 – (6 DH, 11 SG, 3 SC)
Overall titles	1 – (2020)
Discipline titles	1 – (SG, 2016)
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Norway
World Cup race podiums
Junior World Championships

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in four events, with a main focus on super-G and downhill.[2] Kilde hails from Bærum and represents the sports club Lommedalens IL.[3]

Career

Kilde became junior world champion in giant slalom in 2013 at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada,[4] and won the European Cup overall title that season.[2] He also finished second in the Super G at the Norwegian national championships, setting a time 0.11 of a second behind winner Aksel Lund Svindal.[5] He made his World Cup debut in October 2012 and has competed on the circuit since the 2014 season.[6]

Kilde represented Norway in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[7] and was 13th in the super-G at Rosa Khutor, but did not finish in the downhill nor the combination, where he placed fourth in the downhill portion of the combined.

Kilde gained his first World Cup podium in a super-G at Val Gardena in December 2015. It was a third place in a Norwegian sweep, following teammates Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud.

World Cup results

Season titles

	Season
	Season	Discipline
	2016	Super-G
	2020	Overall

Season standings

Season
Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2014	21	80	—	—	29	55	39
2015	22	75	—	—	26	48	—
2016	23	7	—	36	1	12	16
2017	24	7	36	29	3	13	3
2018	25	15	—	19	12	14	15
2019	26	8	—	30	5	4	26
2020	27	1	—	8	3	4	2
2021	28	2	—	13	2	1	—

Standings through 26 December 2020

Race podiums

6 wins – (3 DH, 3 SG)
20 podiums – (6 DH, 11 SG, 3 AC)

Season
Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2016	18 Dec 2015	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	3rd
	30 Jan 2016	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Downhill	1st
	27 Feb 2016	Hinterstoder, Austria	Super-G	1st
	17 Mar 2016	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	2nd
2017	16 Dec 2016	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	29 Dec 2016	Santa Caterina, Italy	Combined	3rd
	16 Mar 2017	Aspen, USA	Super-G	3rd
2019	1 Dec 2018	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G	3rd
	15 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	1st
	29 Dec 2018	Bormio, Italy	Super-G	3rd
	19 Jan 2019	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill	3rd
2020	6 Dec 2019	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G	2nd
	29 Dec 2019	Bormio, Italy	Combined	2nd
	24 Jan 2020	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G	2nd
	30 Jan 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Downhill	2nd
	14 Feb 2020	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Super-G	1st
	1 Mar 2020	Hinterstoder, Austria	Combined	3rd
	7 Mar 2020	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	2nd
2021	18 Dec 2020	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	1st
2021	19 Dec 2020	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	1st

World Championship results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2015	22	—	—	19	26	8
2017	24	—	DNF1	4	6	4
2019	26	—	—	24	8	22

Olympic results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2014	21	—	—	13	DNF	DNF2
2018	25	—	—	13	15	21

Personal life

Although his middle name is derived from his mother's maiden name, he is not related to fellow Norwegian alpine racer Kjetil André Aamodt.[5]

References

Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 24.
Vi kan snakke om en «Aksel-effekt» NRK. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
Lover gullfeiring for verdensmester Kilde Budstikka. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
Aamodt Kilde tok storslalåm-gull i junior-VM VG. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
Mastarciyan, Michael (2 October 2013). "Alpine Young Guns: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
KILDE Aleksander Aamodt FIS. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
Her er Norges OL-tropp til Sotsji TV2. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

External links

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at the International Ski Federation
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Aleksander Kilde at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at the International Olympic Committee
Norwegian Ski Team – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (in Norwegian)
Atomic Skis – athletes – Aleksander Kilde

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[1] Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 24.

[nrk-2] Vi kan snakke om en «Aksel-effekt» NRK. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

[3] Lover gullfeiring for verdensmester Kilde Budstikka. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

[4] Aamodt Kilde tok storslalåm-gull i junior-VM VG. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

[fis-5] Mastarciyan, Michael (2 October 2013). "Alpine Young Guns: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[6] KILDE Aleksander Aamodt FIS. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

[7] Her er Norges OL-tropp til Sotsji TV2. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).