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Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
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Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 29 April 1961) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1981 to 1997. He won the 15 km silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[1]
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Full name | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1961-04-29) 29 April 1961 (age 63) Bromma, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ski club | Bromma IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 13 – (1982–1989, 1991–1993, 1995–1996) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikkelsplass also won the 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1981. His best-known successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where he won two golds (4 × 10 km relay: 1982, 1985), one silver (15 km: 1989), and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 1987).
He married fellow skier Marit Wold in 1994.