Espen Bredesen
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Espen Bredesen as commentator Oslo 2010 |
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nation | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 2nd February 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Oslo , Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 176 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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society | Oppsal IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pers. Best | 210 m ( Planica 1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Debut in the World Cup | December 16, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup victories (individual) | details ) | 8 (||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall World Cup | 1993/94 ) | 1. (||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski flying world cup | 1993/94 ) | 2. (||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jump World Cup | 13. ( 1995/96 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four Hills Tournament | 1993/94 ) | 1. (||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ski jumping Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall Grand Prix | 1997 ) | 2. (||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last change: February 22, 2019 |
Espen Bredesen (born February 2, 1968 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper . He is one of the five athletes (next to him Thomas Morgenstern , Matti Nykänen , Kamil Stoch and Jens Weißflog ) who have won the four most important competitions in ski jumping ( Olympia , World Championship , Overall World Cup and Four Hills Tournament ).
Career
He started ski jumping at the age of ten. He made his debut in the World Cup on December 16, 1989 in Sapporo . After two moderately successful years, he achieved his first place in the top ten two years later with eighth place on the normal hill. At the 1992 Winter Olympics he only achieved 57th place on the normal hill and 59th on the large hill and was ridiculed by the Norwegian press, who compared him to Eddie the Eagle .
At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1993 in Falun , Sweden , he first became world champion in the individual jumping on the large hill, and two days later, surprisingly, with the Norwegian team. Around three weeks later, he also won his first World Cup victory in Lillehammer. This earned him the Morgenbladet Foundation gold medal in his home country .
In the 1993/94 season he won the overall World Cup and the Four Hills Tournament . In total, he achieved eight World Cup victories in his career. He reached the peak of his career at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in front of a home crowd. On the normal hill he won the gold medal in front of his compatriot Lasse Ottesen , on the large hill he won silver. On March 20, 1994 he was also vice world champion in ski flying behind the Czech Jaroslav Sakala . With 209 and 210 meters he also set new ski flying world records in the meantime. For these achievements he was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal in the same year .
The next few years were rather disappointing for Bredesen, which was partly due to a slowly healing neck injury that he sustained during training in the summer of 1994. In the 1994/95 season he reached only fifteenth in the overall World Cup, 13th in 1995/96 and 16th in 1996/97. His last victory was on February 5, 1995 in Falun.
Espen Bredesen is also five-time Norwegian national champion on the normal hill (1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998) and four-time champion on the large hill (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996).
His last competition was on December 19, 1999 in Zakopane, Poland . The birth of his daughter Aurora that same year also contributed to the decision to end his ski jumping career.
In 1997 he married his wife Vibeke, with whom he now lives in Kvål south of Trondheim .
successes
World Cup victories in individual
No. | date | place | Type |
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1. | March 11, 1993 | Lillehammer | Large hill |
2. | March 14, 1993 | Oslo | Large hill |
3. | March 28, 1993 | Planica | Large hill |
4th | December 11, 1993 | Planica | Normal hill |
5. | January 1, 1994 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Large hill |
6th | January 6, 1994 | Bischofshofen | Large hill |
7th | January 15, 1994 | Liberec | Normal hill |
8th. | 5th February 1995 | Falun | Large hill |
statistics
World Cup placements
season | space | Points |
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1992/93 | 5. | 151 |
1993/94 | 1. | 1203 |
1994/95 | 15th | 356 |
1995/96 | 13. | 592 |
1996/97 | 16. | 384 |
1997/98 | 43. | 65 |
1998/99 | 101. | 1 |
Hill records
place | country | Expanse | set up on | Record up |
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Falun | Sweden | 125.5 m ( HS : 134 m) |
February 21, 1993 | March 11, 1998 |
Lillehammer | Norway | 117.0 m ( HS : 138 m) |
March 11, 1993 | March 11, 1993 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Germany | 111.0 m ( HS : 140 m) |
January 1, 1994 | January 1, 1995 |
Bischofshofen | Austria | 130.5 m ( HS : 140 m) |
5th January 1994 | February 23, 1999 |
Liberec | Czech Republic | 121.5 m ( HS : 134 m) |
January 15, 1994 | January 15, 1994 |
Liberec | Czech Republic | 125.5 m ( HS : 134 m) |
January 15, 1994 | January 11, 2004 |
Lillehammer | Norway | 135.5 m ( HS : 138 m) |
February 20, 1994 | November 28, 1998 |
Lillehammer | Norway | 104.5 m ( HS : 100 m) |
February 25, 1994 | December 3, 2011 |
Planica | Slovenia | 209.0 m ( HS : 205 m) |
March 18, 1994 | March 22, 1997 |
Engelberg | Switzerland | 125.5 m ( HS : 137 m) |
January 15, 1995 | January 15, 1995 |
Planica | Slovenia | 210.0 m ( HS : 205 m) |
March 22, 1997 | March 22, 1997 |
Web links
- Espen Bredesen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Espen Bredesen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bredesen, Espen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian ski jumper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd February 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |