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Lasse Kjus was born on 14 January, 1971 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian alpine skier. Discover Lasse Kjus's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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Oslo, Norway |
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United States
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Lasse Kjus Height, Weight & Measurements
At 53 years old, Lasse Kjus height is 1.80 m .
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Lasse Kjus Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lasse Kjus worth at the age of 53 years old? Lasse Kjus’s income source is mostly from being a successful Skier. He is from United States. We have estimated Lasse Kjus's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lasse Kjus (born 14 January 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway.
He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships.
His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World Championship medals ranks second all-time behind fellow Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt.
Born in Oslo, Kjus grew up in Siggerud, but represented the club Bærums SK.
Five skiers had previously earned four medals at a single World Championship (through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as World Championships for alpine skiing): Toni Sailer of Austria in 1956 at Cortina and in 1958 at Bad Gastein, Marielle Goitschel of France in 1966 at Portillo, Chile, Jean-Claude Killy of France in 1968 at Grenoble, Rosi Mittermaier of Germany in 1976 at Innsbruck, and Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland in 1987 at Crans-Montana; the first four did so when only four medal events were contested, but no one before or since has medaled in all five alpine disciplines, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined or Super-combined, at a single championship.
He started off on 2 February by tying Austrian great Hermann Maier for gold in super-G.
Four days later, in the downhill at nearby Beaver Creek, Kjus settled for silver, 0.31 seconds behind Maier.
On 9 February in the combined event, he narrowly missed his second gold, finishing in silver-medal position only 0.16 seconds behind compatriot Kjetil André Aamodt.
With momentum building, Kjus captured gold in the giant slalom on 12 February, and then finished off his remarkable run two days later with silver in his weakest event, slalom.
He had the lead after the first of two runs of slalom, but skied conservatively to assure he would win a fifth medal.
He finished a scant 0.11 seconds behind Kalle Palander of Finland over two runs.
Reflecting on his performance that day and the entire fortnight in Colorado, Kjus said "I always try my best, but I could never have dreamed ... maybe I could have skied faster in the second run, but I didn't want to be too aggressive. I knew I could get a podium, and that's all I wanted."
He missed winning all five gold medals by a combined total of slightly more than half a second (0.58 seconds).
Most impressively, he performed the feat while suffering from a chest infection which had dogged him all winter and often left him coughing and wheezing at the bottom of courses.
Kjus raced for 17 seasons on the World Cup circuit; his first race was in January 1990 in Alta Badia, Italy, and his last in March 2006 in Åre, Sweden.
He won 18 World Cup events (10 in downhill, 2 in super-G, 2 in giant slalom and 4 combined), attained 60 podiums, and had 150 top ten finishes.
In February 1999, Kjus pulled off one of the most remarkable feats in the history of alpine skiing when he medaled in all 5 events at the 1999 World Championships in Vail, Colorado.
A particular curiosity was also his first heat in the slalom race in Wengen, Switzerland, on 17 January 1999: He got out of the starting gate, got caught with the tip of his right ski, went backwards through the first gate, but finished the heat.
He finished third overall – his best World Cup slalom result ever, documented on a |: YouTube video
^ official season title in the combined discipline was not awarded until the 2007 season
In February 2015 Kjus (and Aamodt) were selected as recipients of the Legends of Honor by the Vail Valley Foundation, and inducted into the International Ski Racing Hall of Fame.
2 overall, 1 downhill, 3 combined