Tore Ruud Hofstad

Tore Ruud Hofstad
Tore Ruud Hofstad in 2005
Country	Norway
Born	(1979-08-09) 9 August 1979 (age 45) Eidsvoll, Norway
Ski club	Lillehammer SK
World Cup career
Seasons	10 – (2000–2009)
Starts	49
Podiums	14
Wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (31st in 2007)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Norway World Championships 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay 2005 Oberstdorf Team sprint 2009 Liberec 4 × 10 km relay 2003 Val di Fiemme 20 km double pursuit 2005 Oberstdorf 15 km freestyle U23 World Championships 2002 Val di Fiemme 15 km skiathlon 2002  Val di Fiemme 30 km freestyle Junior World Championships 1998  Pontresina 4 × 10 km relay 1999  Saalfelden 30 km freestyle  1997 Canmore 4 × 10 km relay

Tore Ruud Hofstad (born 9 August 1979) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1998 to 2010. A freestyle specialist, Hofstad is best noted as a member of the Norwegian relay team during three successful FIS Nordic World Ski Championship campaigns.

In total, Hofstad won four gold medals in the World Ski Championships; 4 × 10 km relay in 2003, 2005 and 2009 and team sprint in 2005. Hofstad won n additional two World Championship medals; one silver in the 20 km double pursuit in 2003 and a bronze medal on the 15 km freestyle in 2005.

Hofstad has eight individual victories from 2001 to 2005 and presently skis for Lillehammer SK. He suffered long term illness that kept him out for the entire 2008 season, which was diognised as TWAR. In 2009 he was part of the record-setting Norwegian relay team which won the men's 4 × 10 km relay for a record fifth consecutive time. Hofstad expressed joy in being able to prove his doubters wrong, after he had performed well on the third leg, gaining over ten seconds on Germany's Franz Göring.

Hofstad announced his retirement from professional cross-country skiing in July 2010.^[1]

Hofstad announced he will be launching a comeback attempt in 2012.^[2]