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Medal record Men's nordic skiing Olympic Games Silver 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Nordic combined Silver 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Cross country 4 x 10 km World Championships Gold 1938 Lahti Nordic combined Silver 1935 Vysoké Tatry Cross country 4 x 10 km Bronze 1935 Vysoké Tatry Cross country 18 km Olaf Hoffsbakken (September 2, 1908 – November 23, 1986) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two silver medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in both the Nordic combined and the 4 x 10 km.
In addition, he won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. This included a gold in the Nordic combined (1938), a silver in the 4 x 10 km (1935), and a bronze in the 18 km (1935).
Hoffsbakken won the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event twice (1936 and 1939). In 1937, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegians Birger Ruud and Martin P. Vangsli.
References
- Olaf Hoffsbakken at the International Ski Federation . cross country skiing
- Olaf Hoffsbakken at the International Ski Federation . Nordic combined
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- profile
18 km / 15 km individual 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) • 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) • 1927: Rudolf Burkert (TCH) • 1929: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)
1930: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) • 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) • 1933: Sven Selånger (SWE) • 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) • 1937: Sigurd Røen (NOR) • 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR) • 1939: Gustl Berauer (GER)- World War II
1950: Heikki Hasu (FIN) • 1954: Sverre Stenersen (NOR) • 1958: Paavo Korhonen (FIN) • 1962: Arne Larsen (NOR)
1966: Georg Thoma (FRG) • 1970: Ladislav Rygl (TCH) • 1974: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) • 1978: Konrad Winkler (GDR) • 1982: Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1985: Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) • 1987: Torbjørn Løkken (NOR) • 1989: Trond Einar Elden (NOR) • 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR)
1993: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) • 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) • 1997: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) • 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
2001: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) • 2003: Ronny Ackermann (GER) • 2005: Ronny Ackermann (GER) • 2007: Ronny Ackermann (GER)10 km individual normal hill 2009: Todd Lodwick (USA) • 2011: Eric Frenzel (GER)
Categories:- 1908 births
- 1986 deaths
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen winners
- Norwegian Nordic combined skiers
- Norwegian cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway
- Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
- Norwegian winter sports biography stubs
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