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Espen Harald Bjerke

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Espen Harald Bjerke
Country Norway
Born (1980-04-12) April 12, 1980 (age 44)
Ski clubLillehammer SK
World Cup career
Seasons10 – (20012010)
Starts28
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (47th in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Val di Fiemme 15 km skiathlon
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 4 × 10 km relay

Espen Harald Bjerke (born 12 April 1980) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Lillehammer SK.

He took part in his first junior World Championship in 1999 where he came 13th. He made his World Cup debut in 2001 with a 20th place. His best World Cup placing is (as of 2007) a fourth place in 2005.

He had the record of highest VO2max (maximum amount of oxygen uptake) with 96.0 milliliter per kilogram per minute (7.3 liter/min, 76 kg body weight), set in 2005.[1][2]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

World Championships

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 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2005 24 25

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2001 20 99
2002 21 81
2003 22 75
2004 23 NC NC
2005 24 47 27
2006 25 NC NC
2007 26 112 65
2008 27 157 93
2009 28 NC NC
2010 29 150 98

References

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  1. ^ "VO2 max World Records".
  2. ^ "FasterSkier.com – FasterSkier — All Things Nordic".
  3. ^ "BJERKE Espen Harald". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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