Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Personal information
Full namePål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Born (1961-04-29) 29 April 1961
Bromma, Norway
Spouse
(m. 1994)
Sport
Country Norway
SportSkiing
ClubBromma IL
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (19821989, 19911993, 19951996)
Indiv. starts71
Indiv. podiums20
Indiv. wins4
Team starts16
Team podiums11
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 1988)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary 15 km classical
World Championships
1982 Oslo 4 × 10 km relay
1985 Seefeld 4 × 10 km relay
1989 Lahti 15 km classical
1987 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
1981 Schonach 3 × 5 km relay
1979 Mont-Sainte-Anne 3 × 5 km relay
1980 Örnsköldsvik 3 × 5 km relay

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 29 April 1961) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1981 to 1997. He won the 15 km silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Mikkelsplass also won the 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1981. His best-known successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where he won two golds (4 × 10 km relay: 1982, 1985), one silver (15 km: 1989), and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 1987).

He married fellow skier Marit Wold in 1994.