Harald Christian Strand Nilsen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's alpine skiing | |||
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Combined | |
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen (born May 7, 1971 in Gjøvik) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier.
The all rounder won one World Cup Race during his active career, namely the Giant Slalom in Yongpyong, South Corea in 1995. At the end of the season he made second place in the Giant Slalom World Cup behind Alberto Tomba of Italy. The 10th place in the overall Alpine skiing World Cup was to become his best classification in any year.
In the following years Strand Nilsen specialized in Slalom skiing and regularly managed to be among the top 15 in World Cup races. However, he would never quite tie in with his earlier successes of 1994 and 1995.
In the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994 he won third place[1] in the Combined event, behind his fellow countrymen Lasse Kjus and Kjetil André Aamodt.
He retired at the end of the 2002/03 season.
