Frode Estil

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frode Estil
Occupation	Cross-Country Skier
Date Of Birth	May 31, 1972(1972-05-31)
Age	52
Birthplace	Lierne
Country	Norway
Birth City	Nord-Trøndelag
Horoscope	Taurus

Frode Estil Biography

Frode Estil is one of the most popular and richest Cross-Country Skier who was born on May 31, 1972 in Lierne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Frode Estil (born 31 May 1972 in Lierne, Nord-Trondelag) is former Norwegian skiing cross country skier. His home is in Meraker with his wife Grete who he got married in the summer of 2001. The couple has two children: Bernhard who was birthed in the month of August and Konrad. Estil was a classic specialist and was also an expert at getting to the top of the podium at World Championships and Olympics. Although Estil did not win more than only four World Cup races, he took home only one personal Olympic Gold and one individual World Championship gold. Additionally, he took home three team events at the World Championships and another team gold medal at the Olympics.

Estil has represented her country for the two Winter Olympics. The 2002 Games Estil won golds in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit as well as the 4 10 km relay and he also won silver at the 15km. The 2005 Winter Olympics he won a silver medal in the 15 km and 15km double chase.

In the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit, Estil tied with fellow Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard for second place, with Johann Mühlegg winning the race. However Mühlegg was found guilty of doping and disqualified by the IOC in February 2004, therefore upgrading Estil and Alsgaard to joint gold medalists. Alsgaard and Estil clocked times of 49:48.9, 4 seconds ahead of Per Elofsson.

At the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Estil won gold in the 50 km race, and the 4 × 10 km relay. In the 50 km race he won in a time of 2:30:10.1, beating Anders Aukland by 0.7 seconds, and Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset came third making it a Norwegian sweep. A characteristic of Estil is to start slow and then come through the pack towards the end of the race, he was 23rd after 12.5 km, and 11th after 27.5 km, but by 42.5 km he was third, and came through to win. In the relay, Norway (Hjelmeset, Estil, biathlete Lars Berger, and Tore Ruud Hofstad) won, with Germany second and Russia third. Norway finished 17.7 seconds ahead of the Germans, with Estil skiing Norway’s second fastest leg (behind Berger). He also won a bronze medal in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, in a time of 1:19:21.3, 0.8 seconds behind winner Vincent Vittoz, and losing silver to Giorgio Di Centa in a photo finish.

Estil’s first gold medal at an international championship came in the relay race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti in Finland, where he won silver in the 30km.

Frode Estil Net Worth

Frode Estil is one of the richest Cross-Country Skier from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frode Estil 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Estil has been a part of Estil has had World Cup podium finishes. Four of them came in first place and six in second as well as eight finishing in the third. The wins were in 2002/03, 1999/00, along with two more in 2003/04. The most podiums that he’s achieved in one season was 2002/03 in which he had four (one victory three second as well as a third). He has had three podiums over the seasons to follow the season. All of his victories were in the traditional style but he did win a Double pursuit (in which the first part of the race follows the traditional method).

Estil’s debut World Cup victory was in 1999, in the 30km event in Davos. His highest standing at the close of a season was 2001/02 when he placed fifth. Estil has been playing for the World Cup since 1995/96, where he ended the season in 42nd position in 1996/97. He placed at 63rd. In the following year, however, the team climbed up to 12th. The next two years were in the 19th spot and then 12th. Then in 2000/01 he was in the top ten places in the world, with a score of eighth. The following year (2001/02) was more successful for Estil and not only did his wedding take place during the summer but also was ranked fifth overall, which was his highest overall rank. In the following two seasons, ended in the sixth position. Following the 2002/03 season, he stopped competing in sprint events. He finished the season in 58thplace. after having finished his sprint seasons in the top 48 places (1996/97) and 18th (1997/98) and 18th (1998/99) 32nd (1999/00) then 39th (2001/02). In 2003/04, he placed third in the distance rankings. 2004/05 was a disappointing season. He finished 14th in the distance and 25th overall ranking. Estil was able to finish the season in ninth position on the FIS World Cup standings, with 456 points back of winner Tobias Angerer. Estil was fourth at his distance. He was 420 points ahead of Angerer and, as usual, did not participate at the speed events.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003, held in Val di Fiemme, Estil won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and bronze in the 15 km and 30 km.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Frode Estil Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Frode Ranked on the list of most popular Cross-Country Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Frode Estil celebrates birthday on May 31 of every year.