Lars Bystøl
{{short description|Norwegian ski jumper}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Lars Bystøl
| image = Lars Bystøl.jpg
| caption = Bystøl in Oslo, 2008
| nationality = {{NOR}}
| fullname = Lars Kristian Bystøl
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Voss, Norway
| height = 1.79 m
| personalbest = 216.5 m (710 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
| wins = 1
| totalpodiums = 4
| teampodiums = 2
| individual_starts = 102
| team_starts = 4
| updated = 10 February 2016
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's ski jumping }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Turin | Individual NH }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Turin|Individual LH }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Turin|Team LH }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | Team LH }}
{{MedalBronze | 2005 Oberstdorf | Team LH }}
{{MedalSport | Men's ski flying }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Bad Mitterndorf | Team }}
}}
Lars Kristian Bystøl (born 4 December 1978) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2008. His career highlights include an individual gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, one individual World Cup victory, a gold medal in the Ski Flying World Championships, and two World Championship bronze medals in team competitions.
Career
Bystøl won his first and only World Cup event on 4 January 2006, by winning the third event of the 2005–06 Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck. Eleven days later, Bystøl won a gold medal in the team event at the 2006 Ski Flying World Championships in Bad Mitterndorf.
He continued the World Cup season by placing between 10th and 20th in the next three individual events, before going to the 2006 Winter Olympics. He retained his top 15 position in the World Cup standings, which enabled him to qualify for the normal hill of the Olympics despite being disqualified in the qualifying run.{{cite news |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/JP/3080/2006JP3080RLQ.pdf |title=NH Individual Competition – Qualifying |work=FIS Ski |accessdate=11 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525151429/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/JP/3080/2006JP3080RLQ.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} Once there, he finished sixth in the first jump, but held on with a 103.5 metre second jump to win Olympic gold.
Bystøl finished 13th overall in the 2005/06 World Cup standings.
World Cup
= Standings =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|4H|Four Hills Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;" | {{Abbr|NT|Nordic Tournament}} |
| scope=row align=center|2001/02
| align=center|65 || align=center| — || align=center|46 |
|---|
| scope=row align=center|2002/03
| align=center|26 || align=center|22 || align=center|54 |
| scope=row align=center|2003/04
| align=center|21 || align=center|10 || align=center|22 |
| scope=row align=center|2004/05
| align=center|10 || align=center|18 || align=center|4 |
| scope=row align=center|2005/06
| align=center|13 || align=center|16 || align=center|13 |
| scope=row align=center|2006/07
| align=center|76 || align=center|58 || align=center|63 |
| scope=row align=center|2007/08
| align=center|37 || align=center| — || align=center|18 |
= Wins =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:80px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:86px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:145px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1
| align=center|2005/06 || align=right|4 January 2006 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Innsbruck || Bergiselschanze HS130 || align=center|LH |
|---|
Substance abuse
In 2000, he was sent home from a Continental Cup competition in Innsbruck after a party on New Year's Eve. Later that year he was caught DUI with a 2.38‰ blood alcohol content.{{cite news |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2003/11/05/382673.html |title=Jeg har sviktet |last=Thoresen |first=Arne |work=Dagbladet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 May 2003}} He was sentenced to 24 days in prison.{{cite news |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/article799231.ece |title=Stjernene det lukter svidd av |last=Enger |first=Thomas |work=Nettavisen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006044225/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/article799231.ece |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 2003, after some heavy drinking, he fell into the ocean during a fight. Bystøl's alcoholism became so bad that it caused him to be kicked off the national ski jumping team in 2004, though he later managed to reclaim his spot on the team.
In early 2009, he admitted to having tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, a derivative of cannabis. The sample was delivered in November 2008 in a Norwegian Cup race in Vikersund.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article2869877.ece |title=Bystøl narkotatt |last=Bye |first=Are |date=16 January 2009 |work=Aftenposten |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121150857/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article2869877.ece |archivedate=21 January 2009 }}
Notes
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References
- {{FIS ski jumper|8315|Lars Bystoel}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions SJ Individual NH Men}}
{{Footer World Champions SF Team Men}}
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Category:Doping cases in ski jumping
Category:Norwegian prisoners and detainees
Category:Prisoners and detainees of Norway
Category:Norwegian sportspeople in doping cases
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Category:Sportspeople from Voss
Category:Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping