Olaf Hoffsbakken
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Nordic combined | |
| Silver | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Cross country 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1938 Lahti | Nordic combined | |
| Silver | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | Cross country 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | Cross country 18 km | |
Olaf Hoffsbakken (Born September 2, 1908) was a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in the 1930's. He won two silver medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in both the nordic combined and the 4 x 10 km.
In addition, he won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. This included a gold in the nordic combined (1938), a silver in the 4 x 10 km (1935), and a bronze in the 18 km (1935).
Hoffsbakken won the Holmenkollen ski festival's nordic combined event twice (1936 and 1939). In 1937, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegians Birger Ruud and Martin P. Vangsli.
[edit] External links
- FIS profile in cross country skiing
- FIS profile in Nordic combined
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1925: Otakar Německý * 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1927: Rudolf Burkert * 1929: Hans Vinjarengen * 1930: Hans Vinjarengen * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1933: Sven Selånger * 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1937: Sigurd Røen * 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken * 1939: Gustl Berauer * 1950: Heikki Hasu * 1954: Sverre Stenersen * 1958: Paavo Korhonen * 1962: Arne Larsen * 1966: Georg Thoma * 1970: Ladislav Rygl * 1974: Ulrich Wehling * 1978: Konrad Winkler * 1982: Tom Sandberg * 1985: Hermann Weinbuch * 1987: Torbjørn Løkken * 1989: Trond Einar Elden * 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1993: Kenji Ogiwara * 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1997: Kenji Ogiwara * 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2003: Ronny Ackermann * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007: Ronny Ackermann
| Preceded by Arne Rustadstuen |
Holmenkollen medal with Birger Ruud & Martin P. Vangsli 1937 |
Succeeded by Reidar Andersen & Johan R. Henriksen |
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