Magnus Moan

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Personal information
Magnus Moan
Full name	Magnus Hovdal Moan
Date of birth	August 26, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Lillehammer, Norway
Height	189 cm
Professional information
Club	Byåsen IL
Skis	Madshus (Cross country) Atomic (Ski jumping)
World Cup
Seasons	2003-
Wins	6
Additional podiums	9
Total podiums	15

Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
Silver	2006 Turin	7.5 km sprint
Bronze	2006 Turin	15 km individual
World Championships
Gold	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 5 km team
Silver	2005 Oberstdorf	7.5 km sprint
Silver	2007 Sapporo	7.5 km sprint
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km team

Magnus Hovdal Moan (born August 26, 1983 in Lillehammer, Norway; height: 6'2" (189cm); weight: 11st 4lb (158lb) (72kg)) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier. Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with the Byåsen IL club. When he isn't training or competing Moan works for a company called Doka Norge A/S. It's a sister-company of Doka Austria. They rent/sell shuttering accessories to building constructors.

Moan finished second in the 2005-6 FIS nordic combined world cup. Moan is a solid ski jumper but his strength lies in his cross country skiing. He won one world cup event in the 2005/2006 season, in the sprint in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria, and has only finished a race outside of the top eight once this season. In the 2004/2005 season he finished fifth, 2003/2004 season eighth, and forty-first in the 2002/2003 season.

Moan won an Olympic bronze medal in the nordic combined on February 11, 2006 in the 15 km individual. He jumped 97.5 m and 97 m scoring 237.5 points after both jumps, leaving him one minute, forty seconds behind Georg Hettich, who won the ski jumping phase. He then skied the 15 km race in 39:44.6, 16.2 seconds behind the winner Hettich, beating fellow countryman Petter Tande in a photo finish. On February 21, 2006 Moan won a silver in the 7.5 km sprint. He completed the race in 18:34.4, 5.4 seconds behind winner Felix Gottwald of Austria.

Moan also has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (4 x 5 km team: 2005), two silvers (7.5 km sprint: 2005, 2007), and one bronze (4 x 5 km team: 2007). He also won the individual nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2005.