Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (Oslo, 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the ‘FIS Cross-Country World Cup’, the ‘Tour de Ski‘, a World Championship event, and an Olympic event in cross-country skiing.
During the 2019–2020 World Cup season, Klæbo became the most successful male sprinter in World Cup history in terms of individual race victories and set a new record for the most overall sprint titles, with 4. He is currently the most successful male overall race winner in the competition’s history. Klæbo won three gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in his debut Olympic appearance. Born in Oslo, he lived there until he was five years old, before he and his family moved to Trondheim where he grew up and still lives today. Klæbo is very close to his family: his father, Haakon Klæbo, is his manager and his grandfather, Kåre Høsflot, is his coach. Klæbo and his younger brother, Ola, run a YouTube channel where they upload weekly vlogs about Klæbo’s everyday life as an athlete: he started his channel because he wanted people to see what cross-country skiers do outside competitions and off-season. His siblings help him out by editing and translating the videos. As of January 2023, Klæbo has over 123000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and totals over 21,5 million views from over 250 videos. In 2025, a movie about his life titled ‘Klæbo’, was released in Norway, to much acclaim.
During the 2023 Nordic Ski World Championships in Planica Klæbo won again, for the third time, the three golds already won during the 2021 and 2019 editions, this time adding also two silver medals to his total tally. During the 2025 Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim, home soil for Klæbo, he won all six competitions
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