Espen Bjervig (born 30 June 1972) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau and earned his best individual finish of eight in the 10 km event in those same championships.

Espen Bjervig
Country Norway
Born (1972-06-30) 30 June 1972 (age 52)
Nøtterøy, Norway
Ski clubOseberg Skilag
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (19952003)
Indiv. starts64
Indiv. podiums6
Indiv. wins1
Team starts10
Team podiums7
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (7th in 1999)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km relay

Bjervig also won four races of distances up to 15 km from 1997 to 2004. In June 2018, he was appointed as the Norwegian Ski Federation's managing director of cross-country. He had previously worked as sales director for a number of companies and as a marketing director for the Norwegian Ski Federation. Bjervig graduated from the BI Norwegian Business School in 1998, with a Master's degree in Finance.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

World Championships

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  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1999 26 8 14 Silver
2001 28 DNF

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1995 22 NC
1996 23 NC
1997 24 68 NC 50
1998 25 85 59
1999 26 7 23 4
2000 27 8 13 17 9
2001 28 50 35
2002 29 22 29
2003 30 51 42

Individual podiums

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  • 1 victory
  • 6 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1998–99  13 December 1998   Toblach, Italy 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
2 5 January 1999   Otepää, Estonia 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
3 9 January 1999   Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
4  1999–00  11 December 1999   Sappada, Italy 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 2nd
5 18 December 1999   Davos, Switzerland 30 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
6 27 December 1999   Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

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  • 3 victories
  • 7 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1998–99 20 December 1998   Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Jevne / Dæhlie / Hetland
2 26 February 1999   Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 2nd Jevne / Dæhlie / Alsgaard
3 21 March 1999   Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Estil / Aukland / Hjelmeset
4  1999–00  28 November 1999   Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Skjeldal / Alsgaard / Hetland
5 19 December 1999   Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Hjelmeset / Jevne / Estil
6  2000–01  26 November 2000   Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Sørgård / Aukland / Leithe
7  2002–03  8 December 2002   Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hjelmeset / Estil / Skjeldal

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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  1. ^ "Espen Bjervig ny langrennssjef" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Ski Federation. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "BJERVIG Espen". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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