Olav Hansson

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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Gold 1982 Oslo Team large hill
Silver 1982 Oslo Individual large hill

Olav Hansson (born July 23, 1957) is a Norwegian ski jumper from Vestre Aker in Oslo who competed from 1982 to 1987. At the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, he won a gold medal in the team large hill and a silver medal in the indivudal large hill.

Hansson was known as "Stilhopperen fra Røa", and always jumped in a full white jumping suit. He finished second a total of seven other times in his individual career at various hills between 1982 and 1987.

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World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill
1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth, & Olav Hansson
1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen, & Matti Nykänen
1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Jari Puikkonen
1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Pekka Suorsa
1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Risto Laakkonen
1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori, Stefan Horngacher, & Andreas Felder

1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg, & Espen Bredesen
1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen, & Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, & Janne Ahonen
1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Martin Schmitt
2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr, & Martin Schmitt
2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, & Matti Hautamäki
2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Höllwarth

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