Simon Slåttvik
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1952 Oslo | Individual | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1950 Lake Placid | Individual | |
Simon Slåttvik (July 24, 1917 - May 5, 2001) was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1940's and early 1950's. He won gold in individual event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Slåttvik also won bronze in the individual event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York. He won 14 Norwegian championships and was the first Nordic combined athlete who jumped over 100 m.
Slåttvik won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1948, 1950, and 1951). For his successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1951.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile (As Simon Slaattvik)
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1948: Heikki Hasu * 1952: Simon Slåttvik * 1956: Sverre Stenersen * 1960: Georg Thoma * 1964: Tormod Knutsen * 1968: Franz Keller * 1972: Ulrich Wehling * 1976: Ulrich Wehling * 1980: Ulrich Wehling * 1984: Tom Sandberg * 1988: Hippolyt Kempf * 1992: Fabrice Guy * 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2002: Samppa Lajunen * 2006: Georg Hettich
| Preceded by Olav Økern |
Holmenkollen medal 1951 |
Succeeded by Stein Eriksen, Torbjørn Falkanger, Heikki Hasu, & Nils Karlsson |
