Einar Hedegart

Einar Hedegart
Hedegart in 2025
Personal information
Nationality Norway
Born (2001-11-08) 8 November 2001
Sport
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons2 – (2025–present)
Indiv. starts7
Indiv. podiums6
Indiv. wins3
Team starts1
Team podiums1
Team wins1
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano Cortina4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano Cortina10 km freestyle
Men's biathlon
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Shchuchinsk4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place2023 Shchuchinsk15 km individual
Silver medal – second place2023 Shchuchinsk12.5 km pursuit
Updated on 22 March 2026

Einar Hedegart (born 8 November 2001) is a Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier. He represented Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career

Hedegart began his career as a biathlete and competed at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2023. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 7.5 km relay, and silver medals in the 15 km individual and 12.5 km pursuit events.[1]

Hedegart made his FIS Cross-Country World Cup debut during the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup and in his second career race on 16 March 2025, he earned his first career podium, finishing in second place.[2] After the race he was encouraged by several people to focus only on cross-country skiing.[3] He previously announced that he would make a decision after the Norwegian National Championships on whether he will focus on biathlon or cross-country skiing. At the Norwegian National Championships he won gold medal in the men's mass start. Following the race he announced he would focus on being a biathlete.[4]

During the 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup he earned his first career World Cup victory on 7 December 2025, winning the 10 km freestyle race.[5] A week later he earned his second career World Cup victory on 14 December 2025.[6] On 23 January 2026, he won the team sprint, along with Harald Østberg Amundsen.[7]

In November 2025, he announced he would end his biathlon career to devote himself entirely to cross-country skiing ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.[8] In December 2025, he was selected to represent Norway at the Olympics.[9][10] In his Olympic debut on 13 February 2026, he won a bronze medal in the 10 kilometre freestyle event with a time of 20:50.2. His teammate, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, won gold, marking the first time Hedegart lost to Klæbo in this discipline, after defeating him twice during the World Cup.[11]

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  20 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 7.5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
202624Bronze———GoldGold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 Ski Tour
2020		 World Cup
Final
2025239255—N/aN/a—N/aN/a
2026242714—N/aN/a—N/aN/a

Individual podiums

  • 3 wins – (3 WC)
  • 6 podiums – (6 WC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12024–2516 March 2025Norway Oslo, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
22025–2630 November 2025Finland Ruka, Finland20 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
37 December 2025Norway Trondheim, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
414 December 2025Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
514 March 2026Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
622 March 2026United States Lake Placid, USA20 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 1 victories – (1 TS)
  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
12025–2623 January 2026Switzerland Goms, Switzerland6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stAmundsen

References

  1. ↑ Strand, Johannes (13 March 2023). "Skitalentet kjente på et stort press – nå går guttedrømmen i oppfyllelse". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "'Tired' Amundsen digs deep to win 10km in Oslo ahead of former biathlete Hedegart". fis-ski.com. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Folvik, Herman; Stenersen, Steffen (16 March 2025). "Sensasjon i Holmenkollen: Skiskytter (!) sjokkerte langrennseliten". vg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Johnsen, Nora (29 March 2025). "Snudde fullstendig etter NM-gull: – Skal være skiskytter nå". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "A star is born: Hedegart beats Norway's best for first World Cup win". fis-ski.com. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Hedegart wins again: 'One of the greatest days of my life on skis'". fis-ski.com. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Olympic message sent as Amundsen and Hedegart win Goms Team Sprint". fis-ski.com. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Kubica, Aymeric (13 November 2025). "Cross-country skiing : sensation Einar Hedegart has made his choice". nordicmag.info. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ↑ Folvik, Herman (16 December 2025). "Langrennskometen Einar Hedegart tatt ut til OL: –⁠ Kjempeluksus". vg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Einar Hedegart has only been a 'cross-country skier' since November. On Friday, he could dethrone the sport's Olympic king". fasterskier.com. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Hedegart unable to stop Klaebo claiming eighth Olympic gold". fis-ski.com. 13 February 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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