Martin Stokken

Martin Stokken (January 16, 1923 – March 25, 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and athlete who competed in the 1950s. He was born in Snillfjord and represented Selsbakk IF in Trondheim.

He won a silver in the 4 x 10 km at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and had his best individual finishes of 6th in both 1952 (18 km) and 1956 (15 km). In addition, Stokken won a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross country relay event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had his best individual finish of 4th in the 50 km event at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also won both the Holmenkollen ski festival 50 km event and the Holmenkollen medal in 1954.

His athletics career centered around long-distance running. In the 10,000 metres event he finished fourth at the 1948 Summer Olympics, sixth at the 1950 European Championships and tenth at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In addition he finished tenth in 5000 metres at the 1948 Olympics and fourth in 3000 m steeplechase at the 1950 European Championships.

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FIS-Ski: Martin Stokken - statistics
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Norwegian international athletes - S (Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Sverre Farstad	Egebergs Ærespris 1949	Succeeded by Egil Lærum
Preceded by Petter Hugsted	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 1949	Succeeded by Sverre Strandli
Preceded by Magnar Estenstad	Holmenkollen medal 1954	Succeeded by King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden Veikko Hakulinen & Sverre Stenersen