Tor Arne Hetland

Tor Arne Hetland, born on 12 January 1974 in Stavanger and now living in Trondheim, is a Norwegian cross-country skiing coach and a former professional cross-country skier who represented the Byåsen IL ski club and was coached by Ulf Morten Aune. He began his career in 1990 but only started competing in the World Cup in 1996-97, and from 1998-99 became a main contender in the sprint. His most successful year was 2004-05, when he won the sprint title and finished third overall, and he was third again overall in 2005-06. Across his World Cup career he had 23 podium finishes, ten of them wins, and all but three of the podiums came in sprints.