Torbjørn Yggeseth

Torbjørn Yggeseth (born 18 June 1934) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the 1960s.

Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1963, the same year he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, and Astrid Sandvik). He also has two career victories and finished 5th in the individual large hill event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. After retiring from active ski jumping, Yggeseth has been involved in administrative roles inside the FIS, including serving on its technical committee for ski jumping.

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* [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