- Oddvar Brå
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Medal record Men's Cross country skiing Competitor for 
NorwayOlympic Games Silver 1972 Sapporo 4 x 10 km Silver 1980 Lake Placid 4 x 10 km World Championships Gold 1982 Oslo 15 km Gold 1982 Oslo 4 x 10 km Bronze 1974 Falun 4 x 10 km Bronze 1978 Lahti 4 x 10 km Oddvar Brå (born March 16, 1951) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He was among the best skiers in Norway, winner three times og World Cup (1972-73(named Word ranking),1974-75 and 1978-79)winning 16 national championships, but his success in the major international championships was more modest. He participated internationally from the 1972 Winter Olympics to the 1989 Holmenkollen ski festival, but his first individual major international win was at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, where he won the 15 km event. In the same championship, he won a shared gold medal (Soviet Union) in the relay after a dramatic finish where his ski pole broke, something which forever became a memory for every man in Norway, leading to the popular all-Norwegian expression "Hvor var du da Brå brakk staven?" ("Where were you when Brå broke his pole?"). Brå also won three relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1982 and bronzes in 1974 and 1978. Brå additionally won two silver medals in the 4 x 10 km at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.
He also won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980 and 1982, and the 50 km in 1975, 1979, and 1981. In 1975, Brå was awarded the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Gerhard Grimmer and Ivar Formo).
Brå's best individual achievement in the Olympics was a 4th position in the 15 km event in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He received the Egebergs Ærespris in 1987 for his accomplishments in cross-country skiing and athletics (track and field).
Reference
- Oddvar Braa at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
18 km 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) * 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) * 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) * 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) * 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) * 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) * 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) * 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) * 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) * 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN) * 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)15 km 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) * 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) * 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) * 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) * 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) * 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) * 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) * 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) * 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) * 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) * 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) * 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) * 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN)- 1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
- 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
- 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
- 1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
- 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
- 1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
- 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
- 1907: Per Bakken
- 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
- 1909: Thorvald Hansen
- 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
- 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
- 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
- 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
- 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
- 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
- 1918: Hans Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
- 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
- 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
- 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
- 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
- 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
- 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
- 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
- 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
- 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
- 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
- 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
- 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
- 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
- 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
- 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
- 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
- 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
- 1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
- 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
- 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
- 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
- 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
- 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
- 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
- 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
- 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
- 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
- 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
- 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
- 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
- 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
- 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
- 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
- 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
- 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
- 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
- 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
- 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
- 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
- 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
- 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
- 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
- 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
- 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
- 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
- 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
- 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
- 1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
- 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
- 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
- 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
- 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
- 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
- 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
- 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
- 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
- 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
- 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
- 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
- 2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
- 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
- 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
- 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
- 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
- 2011: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
Preceded by
Cato Zahl PedersenEgebergs Ærespris
1987Succeeded by
Ragnhild BratbergCategories:- 1951 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen winners
- Living people
- Norwegian cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Norwegian athletes
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
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