Arild Monsen
# Arild Monsen

Arlid Monsen (born 5 April 1962) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at international level from 1982 to 1989. He won the 4 × 10 km gold at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld and finished seventh in the 15 km event at same championship.

Monsen's best individual career was fourth twice, reaching that mark once in 1983 and another time in 1984.

After retiring from active competition, Monsen has worked as a cross-country coach, in Canada, Sweden and Norway. Since April 2013, he has been the sprint coach for the Norwegian National Men's Cross-Country Skiing Team.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

| Year | Age | 15 km  classical | 15 km  freestyle | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | 22 | 7 | — | — | — | Gold |
| 1987 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26 | 20 | — | — | — | 4 |

### World Cup

**Season standings**

| Season | Age | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| 1982 | 19 | 53 |
| 1983 | 20 | 11 |
| 1984 | 21 | 27 |
| 1985 | 22 | 12 |
| 1986 | 23 | 41 |
| 1987 | 24 | 47 |
| 1989 | 26 | NC |

**Team podiums**

* 2 victories
* 4 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1984–85 | 24 January 1985 | Seefeld, Austria | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Championships | 1st | Mikkelsplass / T.H. Holte / Aunli |
| 2 | 1984–85 | 10 March 1985 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Cup | 3rd | T.H. Holte / G. Holte / Mikkelsplass |
| 3 | 1985–86 | 9 March 1986 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Ulvang / Mikkelsplass / Hole |
| 4 | 1987–88 | 17 March 1988 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Mikkelsplass / Bjørn / Ulvang |

Note: $^1$ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

