Maiken Caspersen Falla

Maiken Caspersen Falla
Falla in 2019
Country Norway
Full nameMaiken Caspersen Falla
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 (age 34)
Fet, Akershus, Norway
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski clubStrandbygda IL
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (20092022)
Starts168
Podiums55
Wins22
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2015, 2016)
Discipline titles3 – (3 SP: 20162018)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 5 1 4
Total 6 2 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Individual sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Individual sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Oslo Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Val di Fiemme Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team sprint
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand 4 × 3.33 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand Individual sprint

Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who specialized in sprint and short-distance races. She is the 2014 Olympic champion in the individual sprint and three-time Olympic medalist. She became the individual sprint World champion at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and successfully defended her World title in 2019. Falla won a total of five gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the World Championships in her career and she is the most medalled skier in the individual sprint discipline in the Championship history with five medals.[1] Winner of three consecutive Sprint World Cup crystal globes, Falla's highest finish in the overall World Cup standings was sixth-place which she achieved in 2014–15 and 2015–16 World Cup seasons.

With 22 World Cup sprint victories, Falla is the second-most successful female World Cup sprinter of all time, only behind Marit Bjørgen.[2] She also shares the record of most sprint victories in a single season with Petra Majdič at eight victories.

She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in April 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "All-Time Podiums List in World Championship Sprints". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ "All-Time Winners List in Cross-Country Sprints". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. ^ Vesteng, Camilla (2022-04-22). "Falla legger opp: – Det har vært et eventyr". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-04-22.