Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus

— Alpine skier —
Kjus in January 2006
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	Bærums SK
Born	(1971-01-14) 14 January 1971 (age 46) Oslo, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut	14 January 1990 (age 19)
Retired	March 2006 (age 35)
Olympics
Teams	4 – (1994–2006)
Medals	5 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	8 – (1991–2005)
Medals	11 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	17 – (1990–2006)
Wins	18 – (10 DH, 2 SG, 2 GS, 4 K)
Podiums	60
Overall titles	2 – (1996, 1999)
Discipline titles	4 – (1 DH, 3 K)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Norway International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 3 1 World Championships 3 8 0 Total 4 11 1 Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Combined 1998 Nagano Downhill 1998 Nagano Combined 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom World Championships 1993 Morioka Combined 1999 Vail Super-G 1999 Vail Giant slalom 1996 Sierra Nevada Combined 1997 Sestriere Downhill 1997 Sestriere Super-G 1997 Sestriere Giant slalom 1999 Vail Downhill 1999 Vail Slalom 1999 Vail Combined 2003 St. Moritz Combined Junior World Ski Championships 1990 Zinal Giant slalom 1990 Zinal Downhill 1990 Zinal Combined 1990 Zinal Super-G 1990 Zinal Slalom

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.

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. 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.