- Torbjørn Løkken
Torbjørn Løkken (born
28 June 1963 ) is a Norwegiannordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inOberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3 x 5 km team events.Løkken also competed at the
1988 Winter Olympics inCalgary , finishing 6th in the individual event. He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988Holmenkollen ski festival and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987-88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989-90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete.After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, having abused
alcohol , pills and eventuallyheroin for 15 years [ [http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2007/11/23/519017.html Dagbladet: Drikking, piller, narkotika og kjøring i rus] (Norwegian)] . He has been clean since autumn 2006.References
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*FIS|S=NK|ID=35731|name=Torbjoern Loekken
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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