Thomas Hjalmar Maloney Westgård (born 10 October 1995) is a Norwegian-Irish cross-country skier who competes for Ireland internationally.
Westgård was born and grew up in Leka Municipality in Norway. His father is Norwegian, and his mother is Irish, and he is a dual citizen of Ireland and Norway. He began skiing competitively in Norway at age 16 or 17. In the summer of 2016, he began representing Ireland in the World Cup. Westgård had begun his nationality transfer process in 2014, and was assisted in the process by Rory Morrish, the head of the Irish Skiing Federation. In local competitions, he represents the ski club IL Varden Meråker from Meråker, as he lived there several years whilst in Norway. Westgård's mother's family name is Maloney, and the Snowsports Association of Ireland refer to him as Thomas Maloney Westgaard.
Westgård lives in Trondheim, Norway, and is being trained by the retired champion cross-country skier Frode Estil. Since joining the Irish skiing team, Westgård has participated in the 2016–17 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, débuting for Ireland in Lillehammer, Norway, on 2 December 2016 and also taking part in further World Cup races in Estonia and Sweden.
He competed for Ireland at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland, one of five Irish participants in the championships. In his world championship début in the Men's sprint on 23 February 2017, Westgård ranked as number 77, while at the Men's 30 kilometre pursuit on 25 February 2017, he came in last of the participating contestants. He achieved his best result of the championship in the Men's 15 kilometre classical on 1 March 2017, ranking as 49th. Westgård brought a three-man team to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017, including his father as a helper and Irish cross-country skier Dominic McAleenan as team manager.
Westgård participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics, and 2026 Winter Olympics representing Ireland.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 2018 22 63 60 DNS 62 2022 26 14 43 29 — 202630543523DNS Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
The distances for the 2026 Olympics for the Skiathlon was brought from 30km to 20km and the 15km Individual was brought to 10km by FIS to match men's and women's event distances, the same was done for the 2025 World Championships.
World Championships Year 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint Team sprint 2017 47 60 — 75 — 2019 35 50 55 65 26 2021 41 32 25 44 — 2023 26 30 18 47 — 2025411813—33
World Cup Season standings Season Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiSki Tour2020 2017 76 — 2018 — — 2019 127 88 77 — 2020 97 62 — 48 44 2021 73 58 90 61 38 2022 142 43 2023 59 39 37 20244929—40—20253021—28—202614697———
References
External links
Thomas Maloney Westgaard at Milano Cortina 2026