Asgeir Dølplads

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Asgeir Dølplads (born 1932) is a former Norwegian ski jumper. On 1 January 1953 he became the first ever winner of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen New Year's ski jump competition, an integral part of the Four Hills Tournament. With jumps of 78.5 and 81 metres, Dølplads won ahead of Austrian Sepp Bradl and German Toni Brutscher. In the ensuing competitions in Oberstdorf, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, Dølplads was ranked 3, 2, and 7, landing him an overall 3rd prize, after Bradl and fellow Norwegian Halvor Næs.

Dølplads has been actively involved in recruitment to ski jumping at and around Rena, where one of Norway's leading K120 ski jump ramps is located; the ramp records are 140 m (Lars Bystøl, 2004) and 138.5 m (Per Sannes Heger, 2006) for seniors and juniors, respectively. The ramp risks becoming an eternal white elephant, however, despite Dølplads's efforts, due to the political priorities associated with budget problems caused by the contemporary weberian state of the Norwegian economy.

He is the father-in-law of popular Norwegian comedian Atle Antonsen.