Bård Jørgen Elden

Bård Jørgen Elden
Medal record

Men's nordic combined
World Championships
	1989 Lahti	3 x 10 km team

Bård Jørgen Elden (born 17 June 1968) is a former Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1987 to 1997. At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won a gold medal in the 3 x 10 km team event. He is now the national team coach for Austria and recently won the team competition in the World Championships in Oslo, Holmenkollen 2011.

Elden's only individual career victory occurred in Austria in 1989.

Elden has also been national team coach and chief executive for the American Nordic combined national team. The brother of former Nordic combined and cross country skier Trond Einar Elden, he represented Namdalseid I.L. during his career.

External links

Baard Jorgen Elden at the International Ski Federation

World champions in men's team nordic combined

3 × 10 km	1982: East Germany Uwe Dotzauer Günther Schmieder Konrad Winkler 1984: Norway Tom Sandberg Hallstein Bøgseth Geir Andersen 1985: West Germany Thomas Müller Hubert Schwarz Hermann Weinbuch 1987: West Germany Hermann Weinbuch Hans-Peter Pohl Thomas Müller 1989: Norway Trond Einar Elden Trond-Arne Bredesen Bård Jørgen Elden 1991: Austria Günther Csar Klaus Ofner Klaus Sulzenbacher 1993: Japan Takanori Kono Masashi Abe Kenji Ogiwara

4 × 5 km	1995: Japan Masashi Abe Tsugiharu Ogiwara Kenji Ogiwara Takanori Kono 1997: Norway Halldor Skard Bjarte Engen Vik Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg 1999: Finland Hannu Manninen Tapio Nurmela Jari Mantila Samppa Lajunen 2001: Norway Kenneth Braaten Sverre Rotevatn Bjarte Engen Vik Kristian Hammer 2003: Austria Michael Gruber Wilhelm Denifl Christoph Bieler Felix Gottwald 2005: Norway Petter Tande Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Moan Kristian Hammer 2007: Finland Anssi Koivuranta Janne Ryynänen Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen 2009: Japan Yūsuke Minato Taihei Kato Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi 2011 (normal hill): Austria David Kreiner Bernhard Gruber Felix Gottwald Mario Stecher 2013 (normal hill): France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis 2015 (normal hill): Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek

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