Therese Johaug is a Norwegian former cross-country skier born in 1988 in Os Municipality. She won four Olympic gold medals and one silver across the 2010, 2014 and 2022 Winter Games, including three golds at the 2022 Beijing Games in the 10 kilometer classical, the skiathlon and the 30 kilometer freestyle. She won ten individual and four relay gold medals at World Ski Championships, 23 World Championship medals in total, and three overall World Cup titles in 2014, 2016 and 2020. With Martin Johnsrud Sundby she became the first Norwegian to win the Tour de Ski, in the 2013-14 edition, and she announced her retirement in May 2025.
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Career HighlightWon ten individual gold medals at World Ski Championships along with four gold medals in relays, and is a four time Olympic gold medallist. 1 Classification
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Was Therese Johaug ever banned from competition?
A positive test for clostebol led to a ban that the Court of Arbitration for Sport extended to 18 months.
Yes. After she tested positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid, Norway's Olympic Committee originally banned her for 13 months. The ban was then extended to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and it was set to expire in April 2018.
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Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality.
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In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a four-time Olympic gold medallist.
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In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a four-time Olympic gold medallist.
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In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a four-time Olympic gold medallist.
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In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a four-time Olympic gold medallist.
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Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality.
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Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality.
Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Article text
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, came sixth in the 15 km pursuit and seventh in the 30 km mass start (classic) race.
Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Article text
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won the silver medal in the 30 km mass start (free), the bronze medal in the 10 km classical, and finished fourth in the 15 km skiathlon.
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