Petter Tande

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Petter Tande
Personal information
Full name Petter Laukslett Tande
Nickname Pete
Date of birth June 11, 1985 (1985-06-11) (age 23)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Professional information
Club Byåsen IL
Skis Fischer
World Cup
Seasons 2002-
Wins 2
Additional podiums 7
Total podiums 9
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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
World Championships
Gold 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km team
Bronze 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km team

Petter Laukslett Tande (born June 11, 1985) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002, representing Byåsen IL. He has two medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, with a gold in 2005 and a bronze in 2007.

Tande made his debut in the World Cup in 2002, and achieved his first podium at Oberhof, Germany the following year. He earned his first win in a World Cup competition on December 17, 2005 when he won the competition at Ramsau, Austria.

Tande has won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (Individual: 2006, sprint: 2008) He finished fourth in the 15 km individual event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

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Petter Tande is 180 cm, weighs 68 kg. His birthday is the same as the Norwegian Queen. He has got blue eyes and brown hair. He loves watching movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean, and anything of action and western movies. His favourite actor is Johnny Depp. His family consists of mom Marianne and dad Torbjørn, and sister Ina Laukslett Tande.

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World champions in men's team nordic combined
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