April 15, 2012 – Members of the Forum Nordicum have once again elected the Queen and King of Nordic Skiing. With 524 votes,  three-time overall World Cup and Tour de Ski champion, Dario Cologna (SUI), was elected the King of Nordic Skiing. He beat the 2011 winner Marit Bjoergen (NOR) by 122 votes. Norwegian Ski Jumping World Cup champion Anders Bardal (NOR) took third ahead of Nordic Combined World Cup winner, Jason Lamy-Chappuis from France.

The official Queen of Nordic Skiing is German biathlete, Magdalena Neuner, who retired at the end of this season and received a total of 549 votes. She narrowly beat biathlon world champion and World Cup overall winner Martin Fourcade who collected 526 points. It was Neuner’s third title as Queen (2008 and 2010).

Altogether 83 members from 11 countries of the AIPS Nordic Commission belonging to the Forum Nordicum submitted their selections. A total of 24 Nordic athletes and 16 biathletes received votes.

Results

Nordic Skiing
1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 524
2. Marit Björgen (NOR) 402
3. Anders Bardal (NOR) 216
4. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA) 149
5. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 102
6. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 77
7. Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 45
8. Devon Kershaw (CAN) 36
9. Richard Freitag (GER) 36
10. Robert Kranjec (SLO) 34

Biathlon
1. Magdalena Neuner (GER) 549
2. Martin Fourcade (FRA) 526
3. Darja Domratschewa (BLR) 214
4. Tora Berger (NOR) 132
5. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 50
6. Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 37
7. Jakov Fak (SLO) 14
8. Andreas Henkel (GER) 10
9. Arnd Peiffer (GER) 10
10. Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) 6