Maiken Caspersen Falla

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Maiken Caspersen Falla
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Falla in 2019
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Full nameMaiken Caspersen Falla
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 (age 34)
Fet, Akershus, Norway
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski clubStrandbygda IL
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2009–2022)
Starts168
Podiums55
Wins22
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2015, 2016)
Discipline titles3 – (3 SP: 2016–2018)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
International nordic ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 111
World Championships 514
Total625
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi Individual sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Individual sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Falun Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Lahti Individual sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Lahti Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Seefeld Individual sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Oberstdorf Individual sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Oslo Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Val di Fiemme Individual sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Falun Individual sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Seefeld Team sprint
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand 4 × 3.33 km relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 Praz de Lys-SommandIndividual sprint

Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who specialized in sprint and short-distance races. She is the 2014 Olympic champion in the individual sprint and three-time Olympic medalist. She became the individual sprint World champion at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and successfully defended her World title in 2019. Falla won a total of five gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the World Championships in her career and she is the most medalled skier in the individual sprint discipline in the Championship history with five medals. [1] Winner of three consecutive Sprint World Cup crystal globes, Falla's highest finish in the overall World Cup standings was sixth-place which she achieved in 2014–15 and 2015–16 World Cup seasons.

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With 22 World Cup sprint victories, Falla is the second-most successful female World Cup sprinter of all time, only behind Marit Bjørgen. [2] She also shares the record of most sprint victories in a single season with Petra Majdič at eight victories.

She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in April 2022. [3]

Career

Falla made her World Cup debut with a classical sprint race in Kuusamo on 29 November 2008, where she finished in 22nd place. [4] She reached her first World Cup podium in Düsseldorf in her second ever World Cup race. [5] With that promising start, Falla was given a spot in the individual sprint race at the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, but she failed to qualify for the quarter-finals by finishing 39th in qualifying round. [6] After a podium appearance in her rookie season, Falla could not make the World Cup podium for more than two years. During that span, her sixth-place finish at the classical sprint in Kuusamo helped her to secure a spot in the Norwegian Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. [7] At the Olympics, she finished 20th in the individual sprint event.

Falla returned to World Cup podium in 2010/11 season with a third place at the classical sprint in Otepää, then she backed up that performance with a second-place finish in Drammen. [4] With two podiums in the last two sprints prior to the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she became one of the medal favorites in the upcoming home World Championships in Oslo Holmenkollen. [8] [9] At the World Championships, after setting the third fastest time in the qualification Falla took a fall in her quarter final heat and eliminated from the competition in that stage after finishing third in the heat. [10] After the disappointment in the individual sprint, Falla was not initially considered for the team sprint but after the withdrawal of Marit Bjørgen, she was selected for the event alongside Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and the pair went on to take a bronze medal behind the Swedish and Finnish teams. [11] [12]

Falla during the podium ceremony after winning her first World Cup race in Rogla in December 2011. 2011 Rogla FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Maiken Caspersen Falla.jpg
Falla during the podium ceremony after winning her first World Cup race in Rogla in December 2011.

In 2011/12 season, Falla won her first World Cup victory in a freestyle sprint race in Rogla, Slovenia. [13] She also reached four more podiums during the season and finished the season in second place in sprint rankings behind Kikkan Randall. [14]

Falla started 2012/13 season in very good form with one victory and three podiums from her first three sprint races. She also reached a podium in a distance race for the first time, a 10 km mass start race in Canmore, but her level dropped after mid-January, and she could not make a single top 10 in the remainder of the World Cup season. [4] Despite the decrease in performance, at the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Falla won her first individual World Championship medal with a bronze medal in the individual sprint event. [15] For the team sprint race she teamed up with Ingvild Flugstad Østberg but the pair missed the medals and finished in fourth place mainly due to Østberg’s fall in the penultimate leg of the race. [16]

Falla has not started well to 2013/14 season and she managed to reach only one podium in World Cup sprints before the Olympics. [4] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Falla won the gold medal in individual sprint despite more than one year without a victory in the World Cup. She dominated the event from start to finish by setting the fastest time in the qualifying round and winning every heat she competed. [17] She was left out in the team sprint since her teammates Marit Bjørgen and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg has shown better performance in classical discipline throughout the season. [18] [19] Although the reason was understandable for many, some people – including Bente Skari – criticized the decision of putting Bjørgen into the team instead of Olympic champion Falla. [20] After the Olympics, Falla earned her sole World Cup victory of the season in the prestigious classical sprint race in Drammen. [21]

In 2014/15 season, Falla recorded four World Cup podiums and her only victory of the season once again came in Drammen. [4] She finished the season in third place in sprint rankings behind her teammates Bjørgen and Østberg. [22] At the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Falla earned her first World Championship gold medal in the team sprint event with Østberg, [23] but once again she had to settle for bronze medal in the individual sprint behind Marit Bjørgen and Stina Nilsson. [24]

Falla's best season to date in terms of wins came in 2015/16 season. She was the dominant force in sprint races of the World cup throughout the season by winning eight of eleven sprint races, she participated in and missed the podium only once in the entire season. [4] That came in Planica where she was dealing with illness. [25] With eight sprint victories, Falla equaled the Petra Majdič’s record of most World Cup sprint victories in a single season. [26] At the end of the season she clinched the seasonal sprint World Cup title for the first time in her career. [27]

Falla at the 2017 World Championships where she won three gold medals in three races. Nordic World Ski Championships 2017-02-26 (32395053764).jpg
Falla at the 2017 World Championships where she won three gold medals in three races.

In 2016/17 season, Falla defended her sprint World Cup title despite being outsprinted by Sweden's Stina Nilsson in most of the sprint races. [28] [29] Although Falla has only one sprint victory compared to Nilsson's six, she took the advantage in sprint rankings when Nilsson opted not to ski in Toblach and she maintained it until the end of the season. [30] At the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Falla took the gold medal in the individual sprint in a similar fashion to her Olympic title and won the only sprint title that has eluded her in her career. She set the fastest time in the qualification and won every heat she competed during the process, while her archrival Nilsson was disqualified in the semifinal. [31] [32] By winning the gold medal, she became the second female skier to win Olympic, World and World Cup sprint title after her compatriot Marit Bjørgen who reached that triple crown in 2010 but Falla has the distinction of holding those three honours at the same time. During the championships, Falla added two more gold medals to her medal tally and finished the championships with three gold medals. Along with Heidi Weng, she once again brought the World team sprint title to Norway. [33] She was also the member of the Norwegian relay team that won the gold medal in 4 × 5 km relay, running the opening classical leg. [34]

Personal life

Falla resides in Lillehammer along with her partner Kristian Hågensen Aune, a former football player who has served as a captain for the Norwegian club Levanger FK. [35] Her twin brother Marius Caspersen Falla is also a cross-country skier. [36]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [4]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
2010 19 — — — 20 — —
2014 23 — — — Gold — —
2018 27 — — — Silver — Bronze
2022 31 — — — 8 — 8

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
2009 18———39——
2011 20 — — — 13 — Bronze
2013 22 — — — Bronze — 4
2015 24 — — — Bronze — Gold
2017 26 — — — Gold Gold Gold
2019 28 — — — Gold — Bronze
2021 30 — — — Silver — 6

World Cup

Season titles

  • 3 titles – (3 sprint)
Season
Discipline
2016 Sprint
2017 Sprint
2018 Sprint

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening		Tour de
Ski		Ski Tour
2020		World Cup
Final		Ski Tour
Canada
2009 1839—15—————
2010 1955—25—————
2011 2024NC6DNF——DNF—
2012 211235Silver medal icon.svg11——16—
2013 2219354———14—
2014 231637516——18—
2015 24637Bronze medal icon.svg7DNF———
2016 25620Gold medal icon.svg10DNF——10
2017 26724Gold medal icon.svg7DNF—7—
2018 271132Gold medal icon.svg21DNF—15—
2019 281152Silver medal icon.svg—DNF—13—
2020 2924NC5—DNFDNF——
2021 3080—47—————
2022 3122617—————

Individual podiums

  • 22 victories – (16 WC, 6 SWC)
  • 55 podiums – (39 WC, 15 SWC)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2008–09 20 December 2008 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany0.8 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 2010–11 23 January 2011 Flag of Estonia.svg Otepää, Estonia1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
320 February 2011 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
416 March 2011 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden1.0 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
5 2011–12 11 December 2011  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
618 December 2011 Flag of Slovenia.svg Rogla, Slovenia1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
714 January 2012 Flag of Italy.svg Milano, Italy1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
817 February 2012 Flag of Poland.svg Szklarska Poręba, Poland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
914 March 2012 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden1.0 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
10 2012–13 8 December 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quebec City, Canada1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1113 December 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore, Canada10 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
1215 December 20121.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1312 January 2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec, Czech Republic0.85 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
14 2013–14 21 December 2013 Flag of Italy.svg Asiago, Italy1.25 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
155 March 2014 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
16 2014–15 29 November 2014 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
1714 December 2014  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
1814 February 2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Östersund, Sweden1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
1911 March 2015 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
20 2015–16 27 November 2015 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
2113 December 2015  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
2219 December 2015 Flag of Italy.svg Toblach, Italy1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
231 January 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
243 February 2016 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
2511 February 2016 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
2620 February 2016 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
271 March 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gatineau, Canada1.7 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
284 March 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quebec City, Canada1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
298 March 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore, Canada1.5 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
30 2016–17 26 November 2016 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
312 December 2016 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway1.3 km Sprint CStage World Cup2nd
3211 December 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
3331 December 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Val Müstair, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
3414 January 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Toblach, Italy1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3528 January 2017 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3618 February 2017 Flag of Estonia.svg Otepää, Estonia1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
3717 March 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quebec City, Canada1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
38 2017–18 2 December 2017 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
399 December 2017  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
4030 December 2017  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
414 January 2018 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf, Germany10 km Mass Start FStage World Cup2nd
4220 January 2018 Flag of Slovenia.svg Planica, Slovenia1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
4327 January 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Seefeld, Austria1.1 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
443 March 2018 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
457 March 2018 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
46 2018–19 19 January 2019 Flag of Estonia.svg Otepää, Estonia1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
479 February 2019 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
4812 March 2019 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
4916 March 2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
50 2019–20 29 November 2019 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
5114 December 2019  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
5229 December 2019  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
5322 February 2020 Flag of Norway.svg Trondheim, Norway1.5 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
54 2021–22 26 November 2021 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
553 March 2022 Flag of Norway.svg Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st

Team podiums

  • 6 victories – (2 RL, 4 TS)
  • 15 podiums – (2 RL, 13 TS)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
1 2008–09 21 December 2008 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2nd Brun-Lie
2 2009–10 6 December 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Brun-Lie
3 2010–11 5 December 2010 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.9 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2nd Brun-Lie
416 January 2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec, Czech Republic6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1st Bjørgen
5 2011–12 4 December 2011 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.9 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1st Eide
6 2012–13 7 December 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Quebec City, Canada6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Brun-Lie
713 January 2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec, Czech Republic6 × 0.85 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1st Østberg
8 2013–14 22 December 2013 Flag of Italy.svg Asiago, Italy6 × 1.25 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2nd Østberg
912 January 2014 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nové Město, Czech Republic6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup1st Østberg
10 2014–15 18 January 2015 Flag of Estonia.svg Otepää, Estonia6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2nd Østberg
11 2015–16 6 December 2015 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1st  Østberg / Johaug / Weng  
12 2016–17 15 January 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Toblach, Italy6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Jacobsen
13 2018–19 13 January 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Dresden, Germany6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Eide
1410 February 2019 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2nd T. Udnes Weng
15 2019–20 8 December 2019 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1st  Jacobsen / Johaug / Weng  

Overall record

As of 11 March 2022
ResultDistance Races [a] SprintSki
Tours		Individual
Events		Team EventsAll Events
≤ 5 km [b] ≤ 10 km [b] ≤ 15 km [b] ≤ 30 km [b] ≥ 30 km [b] PursuitSkiathlonTeam SprintRelay
1st place–––––––22–224228
2nd place–1–––––18–195–24
3rd place–1–––––13–144–18
Podiums–2–––––53–5513270
Top 10151––43845103165124
Points91313–1479813158175180
Others28––14–8–23––23
DNF––––––––99––9
Starts112113118710622190175211
a. 1 Classification is made according to FIS classification.
b. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes individual and mass start races.

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