Sverre Rotevatn

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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
World Championships
Gold 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team

Sverre Rotevatn (born January 17, 1977) is a former Norwegian nordic combined who competed from 1998 to 2004. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and finished 27th in the 15 km individual event at those same championships.

Rotevatn's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 7th in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in 2002. His best individual career finish was 2nd on five different occasions from 1998 to 2003.

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World champions in men's team nordic combined
(As 3 x 10 km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder, & Konrad Winkler
1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth, & Geir Andersen
1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz, & Hermann Weinbuch
1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Thomas Müller
1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden
1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner, & Klaus Sulzenbacher
1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 1995 Japan Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara, & Takanori Kono
1997 Norway Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, & Fred Børre Lundberg
1999 Finland Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila, & Samppa Lajunen
2001 Norway Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Kristian Hammer
2003 Austria Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald
2005 Norway Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, & Kristian Hammer
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