medals by a combined total of slightly more than half a second (0.58 seconds). Most impressively, he performed the feat while suffering from a chest infection which had dogged him all winter and often left him coughing and wheezing at the bottom of courses. A particular curiosity was also his first heat in the Slalom race in Wengen, Switzerland, on 17 January 1999: He got out of the starting gate, got caught with the tip of his right ski, went backwards through the first gate, but finished the heat. He finished third overall – his best World Cup slalom result ever, documented on a YouTube video Kjus raced for 17 seasons on the World Cup circuit; his first race was in January 1990 in Alta Badia, Italy, and his last in March 2006 in Åre, Sweden. He won 18 World Cup events (10 in downhill, 2 in super-G, 2 in giant slalom and 4 combined), attained 60 podiums, and had 150 top ten finishes. Legacy In February 2015 Kjus (and Aamodt) were selected as recipients of the Legends of Honor by the Vail Valley Foundation, and inducted into the International Ski Racing Hall of Fame. World Cup results Season standings Season titles 2 overall, 1 downhill, 3 combined ^official season title in the combined disciplinewas not awarded until the 2007 season Race victories 18 wins – (10 DH, 2 SG, 2 GS, 4 K) 60 podiums World Championships results Olympic results See also Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners References External links 1971 births Living people Norwegian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Ski, Norway Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Viken (county)