Biography
Martin Jonsrud Sundbu since childhood suffered from health problems, but it did not prevent him from achieving success in sports. The Norwegian skier became famous for the whole world, thanks to bright and confident victories at international competitions.Childhood and youth
Martin Jonsrud Sundbu was born on September 26, 1984 in the family of John Eric Sundbu and Gru Jonsrud Langslet. He grew up in the Norwegian city of Oslo, where he discovered skiing. Even in the early years, the biographies of the future star were diagnosed with asthma, but he still got the opportunity to continue the sports career.
Ski race
The international debut of the skier took place in 2005, however, to attract the fans of the fans, he was able only 2 years later. Martin won the gold medal during the relay at the World Cup stage in biteoslen. The next season was marked for the athlete of the first personal victory, he won the race classic style at the World Cup in Kuusamo. Later, Martin marked silver in the same discipline at the stage in the new place.In 2010, Sundbu first performed at the Olympic Games. Although he could not replenish the piggy bank of personal achievements, the skier helped the team to take the 2nd place during the relay. A year later, he showed himself in the same discipline at the World Championships in Oslo, where the Norwegians won the gold medal.
In the future, the athlete continued to be a confident leader of the World Cups, but the 2013/14 season was especially bright in his career. In that year, he not only regularly held prizes in the Cup, but also won in all three rounds of competitions: Nordic Opening, Tour de Ski and the final. In addition, Martin was awarded the bronze medal in Skiathlon at the Olympics in Sochi.
The next emergence of celebrities at the World Championships, this time spent in Falun, was again unsuccessful. He fell ill shortly before the tournament and managed to participate only in the race by 50 km, where she finished the 11th. But Sundbu won the "Tour de Ski" and became the leader of the overall standings of the World Cup. But later he lost these awards because of the scandal, in the center of which was.
In 2015, information about the scandal associated with doping appeared. They said that the athlete exceeded the permissible dose of Salbutamola, which was contained in the preparation allowed by asthmatics athletes. The FIS ignored the message and allowed a celebrity to participate in competitions, but later the representatives of WADA intervened. They appealed to the Sports Arbitration Court, and on the results of the investigation of Martin disqualified for 2 months, depriving several awards.
But, despite this negative experience, in the new season, Sundbu returned to the competition and managed to repeat his past achievement, having won on three "multi-day": Nordic Opening, "Tour de Ski" and "Canadian Tour", which was held for the first time. It is known that in the race free style in the toblah, he took 2nd place by means of dubboling - skiing, where the promotion occurs due to repulsion by sticks. Star stick length amounted to 87.5% of growth.
With the age of the skier managed to preserve the skill and did not inferrect younger athletes. He remained a star of the World Cups, and at the Olympic Games in Phenchhan marked with gold medals in the team sprint and relay, as well as silver in Skiathlon. It was not enough in a skier's piggy bank only gold championship, but everything changed in 2019, when he won the race 15 km in the Austrian Sefeld.
After that, Sundbu increasingly talked about plans to finish his career and devote himself to the family. He won more and refused to participate in tournaments due to health problems. This affected the decision of the coaches that did not include the celebrity in the Norway national team for the 2020/21 season. But the skier decided to conduct independent training.
Personal life
The personal life of the athlete has developed successfully, with his wife Marica he met in his youth.
In 2013, the elect gave birth to Martin Son Marcus, the appearance of which changed his views on life. In subsequent years, the family was replenished with two more children - Max and Magnus.
Martin Jonsrud Sundbu now
In February 2021, the Norway coach Eic Mur Nesum confirmed the participation of an athlete in the individual race of the World Championship in Oberstdorf. Commenting on this news, Sundbu stated that participation in the competition was a challenge, because it was only 6 weeks to come into the form and prepare.Now the skier continues to train hard to please the fans with new victories. They follow the news about him on the fan pages of "Instagram", where video and photos are published.
Achievements
- 2007-2009, 2012, 2013, 2015-2018 - Winner of the World Cup in the relay
- 2010 - Silver winner of the Olympic Games in the relay
- 2011 - Bronze medalist of the world championship in the individual race
- 2011, 2017, 2019 - Winner of the World Championship in the relay
- 2013, 2017 - Silver winner of the world championship in Skiathlon
- 2013, 2014 - Winner of the World Cup final in the overall standings
- 2014 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Skiathlon
- 2016-2018 - Winner Tour de Ski in the overall standings
- 2017 - Silver winner of the world championship in the individual race
- 2018 - Silver winner of the Olympic Games in Skiathlon
- 2018 - Winner of the Olympic Games in the relay
- 2018 - Winner of the Olympic Games in the team sprint
- 2019 - Winner of the World Championships in the individual race
- 2019 - Bronze medalist of the World Championships in Skiathlon