title: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
text: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born 6 December 1971 in Nordfjordeid) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2012.
  
  A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won eight medals (all in the classical style). This includes five gold medals (50 km: 2007, 4 × 10 km relay: 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009) and three bronze medals (1999: 10 km, 2001: 15 km, and 2005: 50 km).
  
  Hjelmeset has also competed on the national level in athletics, and won the bronze medal at the Norwegian championships in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 1996 and 1999.
  
  The 2007 season was Hjelmeset's best. He won two gold medals at the World Championships in Sapporo, then a World Cup race in Lahti, before winning the 50 km individual start in Holmenkollen where he had won the sprint event in 2000. Hjelmeset was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 2007 (Shared with Frode Estil, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja).
  
  He retired after he failed to qualify for the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. He last World Cup race was the 50 kilometre at the 2012 Holmenkollen Ski Festival, where he finished 52nd.
  
  Cross-country skiing results
  All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
  
  Olympic Games
   2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
  
  World Championships
   8 medals – (5 gold, 3 bronze)
  
  World Cup
  
  Season standings
  
  Individual podiums
   9 victories (8 , 1 )
   21 podiums (19 , 2 )
  
  Note:  Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
  
  Team podiums
   8 victories (8 ) 
   17 podiums (16 , 1 )
  
  References
  
  External links
  
   2007 Holmenkollen medalists announced – Accessed March 18, 2007. 
   
   Holmenkollen medal presented to Estil and Hjelmeset – Accessed March 21, 2007 
   Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 
  
  1971 births
  Living people
  Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
  Holmenkollen medalists
  Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
  Norwegian male long-distance runners
  Norwegian male cross-country skiers
  Norwegian male steeplechase runners
  Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
  Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
  Olympic silver medalists for Norway
  Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
  People from Gloppen
  FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
  Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
  Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Skiers from Vestland
  21st-century Norwegian people