Øystein Pettersen
| Øystein Pettersen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 January 1983 Linderud, Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Bækkelagets SK, Oslo Lillomarka SK, Oslo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 12 – (2003–2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (28th in 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Øystein "Pølsa" Pettersen (born 19 January 1983 in Linderud) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier, television personality and podcast host who competed professionally from 2002 to 2019. He has six World Cup podiums, his best finish being second in individual sprint events. Together with Petter Northug he won gold medal in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. In the Individual Sprint he was one of three Norwegians to reach the six-man final.
In 2020 he was a contestant in the celebrity edition of the norwegian TV show, 71° Nord and in 2021 he took part in Mesternes Mester.
Pettersen also hosts his own podcast called Skipodden. A comedy style podcast about training and life, with an extra focus on winter sports. Skipodden has had many prominent guests including John Arne Riise, Marit Bjørgen, Gunde Svan and Petter Northug.