- Torbjørn Falkanger
Torbjørn Falkanger (born
8 October 1927 inTrondheim ) is a retired Norwegianski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Falkanger earned a silver medal at the1952 Winter Olympics inski jumping and also won theHolmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1949 and 1950). For his ski jumping efforts, Falkanger was awarded theHolmenkollen medal in 1952 (Shared withStein Eriksen ,Heikki Hasu , andNils Karlsson .)Falkanger also took the
Olympic Oath at the 1952 games inOslo .His career ended a few months ahead of the
1956 Winter Olympics , due to a fall in the ski jumping hill.References
*FIS|S=JP|ID=16387|name=Torbjoern Falkanger
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1952 IOC 1952 Winter Olympics]
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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