Martin Stokken

Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Oslo	4x10 km
World Championships
Bronze	1950 Lake Placid	4x10 km

Martin Stokken (16 January 1923 – 25 March 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and athlete who competed in the 1950s. He was born in Snillfjord and represented Selsbakk IF in Trondheim.

He won a silver in the 4 x 10 km at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and had his best individual finishes of 6th in both 1952 (18 km) and 1956 (15 km). In addition, Stokken won a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross country relay event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had his best individual finish of 4th in the 50 km event at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also won both the Holmenkollen ski festival 50 km event and the Holmenkollen medal in 1954.

His athletics career centered around long-distance running. In the 10,000 metres event he finished fourth at the 1948 Summer Olympics, sixth at the 1950 European Championships and tenth at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In addition he finished tenth in 5000 metres at the 1948 Olympics and fourth in 3000 m steeplechase at the 1950 European Championships.

Stokken won the Egebergs Ærespris in 1949.

References

• Martin Stokken 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)
• Norwegian international athletes - S (Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Sverre Farstad	Egebergs Ærespris 1949	Succeeded by Egil Lærum
Preceded by Petter Hugsted	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 1949	Succeeded by Sverre Strandli

Persondata
Name	Stokken, Martin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	16 January 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	25 March 1984
Place of death