// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Reidar Andersen? Ski-er-ious jumper.
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 Photo of Reidar Andersen in 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1911 Ringerike, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 December 1991 (aged 80) Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 99 m (325 ft) Planica, King. of Yugoslavia (15 March 1935) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reidar Andersen (20 April 1911 – 15 December 1991) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1930s.
Career
[edit]He won a ski jumping bronze at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In addition, he won ski jumping silver medals at the 1930, 1935, and 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
On 14 and 15 March 1935 he set a total of three world records (93, 98 and 99 metres) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1][2]
Andersen won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1936, 1937, and 1938, the only person to ever win this event three straight years.
In 1938, Andersen shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Johan R. Henriksen.
Ski jumping world records
[edit]| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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| 14 March 1935 | Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 93 | 305 |
| 15 March 1935 | Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 98 | 322 |
| 15 March 1935 | Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 99 | 325 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "V Planici že dosegli 93 metrsko znamko (page 7)" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 15 March 1935.
- ↑ "Andersen: 99 m (page 2)" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 16 March 1935.
External links
[edit]- Reidar Andersen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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Categories:
- Ski jumpers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- 1911 births
- 1991 deaths
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- People from Ringerike Municipality
- Skiers from Buskerud
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen