Espen Bjørnstad

Espen Dahlhaug Bjørnstad (born 26 December 1993) is a retired Norwegian nordic combined skier.

Espen Bjørnstad
Bjørnstad in 2019
Country	Norway
Full name	Espen Dahlhaug Bjørnstad
Born	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 31) Trondheim, Norway
Ski club	Byåsen Skiklubb
World Cup career
Seasons	2014–2025
Indiv. starts	129
Indiv. podiums	6
Indiv. wins	0
Medal record Men's nordic combined Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team LH World Championships 2019 Seefeld Team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH

At the 2013 Junior World Championships he competed in three events, recording an individual 8th place and a team competition 6th place. He made his Continental Cup debut in 2013 and recorded his first podium in January 2017 in Otepää. He made his World Cup debut in January 2014 in Chaykovsky, then did not compete in 2014–15 or 2015–16. He finished among the top 30 for the first time in February 2017 with a 29th place in Pyeongchang.^[1]

He achieved his first podium in the 2018/19 World Cup season. In Chaux-Neuve, he took second place in the first day of the Nordic Combined Triple, as well as in Lahti in the team sprint together with Jørgen Graabak. In Oslo, he took third place in the individual competition.

At the World Championships in Seefeld in 2019 he won the title with the Norwegian team.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, he was part of the Norwegian team that won gold in the team competition.

He represented the sports club Byåsen SK.^[1]