Simon Slåttvik
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| Medal record | |||
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| 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-Ski: Simon Slaattvik - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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| Preceded by Olav Økern |
Holmenkollen medal 1951 |
Succeeded by Stein Eriksen, Torbjørn Falkanger, Heikki Hasu, & Nils Karlsson |
Categories: 1917 births | 2001 deaths | Norwegian Nordic combined skiers | Norwegian ski jumpers | Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway | Nordic combined skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Ski jumping biography stubs | Norwegian winter sports biography stubs
