Fearnleys olympiske ærespris
Fearnleys olympiske ærespris ( German Fearnleys Olympic honorary award ) is an award given on the occasion of the Olympic Games by the Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité (NIF), the Norwegian Sports Confederation and the national Olympic and Paralympic committee. Norway's most outstanding athlete or team is honored at summer and winter games , with men and women competing against each other.
The prize was donated in 1952 in connection with the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo by Thomas Fearnley (1880–1961). The Norwegian shipowner was enthusiastic about the sport and was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1927 to 1950 . The winners will be honored with a bronze sculpture created by Per Palle Storm (1910–1994), which is modeled on the famous Greek statue Diskobolos (discus thrower) by the sculptor Myron . Like the famous Holmenkollen and Aftenposten gold medals , each athlete can only receive the Fearnleys olympiske ærespris once.
In 2012, the award ceremony took place together with the award of the Regjeringens paralympiske ærespris (Eng. "Paralympic Honorary Award of the Norwegian Government") at the end of October 2012 during a banquet organized by the Norwegian government to which all Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic participants were invited were. King Harald V , his daughter Märtha Louise and three ministers also attended the event.
Award winners
Fearnley's olympiske ærespris were awarded to women in eight out of 39 cases, including two women's sports teams. The most common sport among the honored winter sports enthusiasts is speed skating with six wins, followed by cross-country skiing (five successes). Athletics also dominated the Summer Olympians with five victories.
In 1991, the sports official Arne B. Mollén was the only non-athlete to receive the award.
| year | Award winners | sport | Successes) |
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| 1952 | Hjalmar Andersen | Speed skating | three-time gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo (1500, 5000 and 10,000 meters) |
| 1952 | Erling Kongshaug | Sport shooting | Gold medal winner at the Helsinki Summer Olympics (small bore three-position fight) |
| 1956 | Hallgeir Brenden | Cross-country skiing | Gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo (15-kilometer run) |
| 1956 | Egil Danielsen | athletics | Gold medal winner at the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne (javelin throw) with world record (85.71 m) |
| 1960 | Knut Johannesen | Speed skating | Gold medalist at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley (10,000 meter run) with a world record (15: 46.6 min) |
| 1960 | Peder lunde jr. | sailing | Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics in Rome ( Flying Dutchman ) |
| 1964 | Toralf Engan | Ski jumping | two-time medal winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck (gold on the large hill, silver on the normal hill) |
| 1964 | Prize not awarded ( no Norwegian medal win ) |
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| 1968 | Ole Ellefsæter | Cross-country skiing | two-time gold medalist at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble (50-kilometer run, 4 × 10-kilometer relay) |
| 1968 |
Tore Berger Steinar Amundsen Egil Søby Jan Johansen |
canoe | Gold medalist at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City ( four-man kayak ) |
| 1972 | Pål Tyldum | Cross-country skiing | three-time medal winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo (gold in the 50-kilometer run, silver over 30 kilometers and in the relay) |
| 1972 | Knut Knudsen | Track cycling | Gold medal winner at the Olympic Summer Games in Munich ( single pursuit ) |
| 1976 | Sten Stensen | Speed skating | two-time medal winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck (gold in the 5000, silver in the 10,000 meter run) |
| 1976 |
Alf Hansen Frank Hansen |
rowing | Gold medalist at the Montreal Summer Olympics ( double scull ) |
| 1980 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Speed skating | Gold medalist at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid (3000 meters) |
| 1980 | Prize not awarded (Norwegian Olympic boycott ) |
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| 1984 | Eirik Kvalfoss | biathlon | three-time medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo (gold in the 10-kilometer run, silver in the 4 × 7.5 km relay, bronze in the 20-kilometer run) |
| 1984 | Grete Waitz | athletics | Silver medalist at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics (marathon) |
| 1988 | Erik Johnsen | Ski jumping | two-time medal winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary (silver on the large hill, bronze in the team competition) |
| 1988 | Heiestad Gate | Sport shooting | Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics in Seoul (small bore, running target 50 m) |
| 1988 | Jon Rønningen | Wrestling | Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics in Seoul (Greco-Roman style, class up to 52 kg) |
| 1991 | Arne B. Mollén | Among other things, chairman of the Norwegian Olympic Committee from 1969 to 1985 | |
| 1992 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing | Four-time medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville (gold over 50 km classic, in pursuit and relay, silver over 30 km freestyle) |
| 1992 | Linda Andersen | sailing | Gold medalist at the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona (single-handed dinghies - Europe) |
| 1994 | Johann Olav Koss | Speed skating | Three-time gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer (1500, 5000 and 10,000 meter runs), each in world record time |
| 1996 | Knut Holmann | canoe | two-time medalist at the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta (gold in a single kayak 1000 m, silver in a single kayak 500 m) |
| 1996 | Vebjørn Rodal | athletics | Gold medalist at the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta (800-meter run, Olympic record: 1: 42.58 min) |
| 1998 | Ådne Søndrål | Speed skating | Gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano (1500 meter run) in a world record time |
| 2000 | Women's national soccer team | Soccer | Gold medalist at the Sydney Summer Olympics (women's soccer tournament) |
| 2000 | Trine Hattestad | athletics | Gold medalist at the Sydney Summer Olympics (javelin throw) |
| 2002 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | biathlon | Four-time gold medalist at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (individual, sprint, pursuit, relay), 5th place in the 30-kilometer cross-country specialist |
| 2004 | Eirik Verås Larsen | canoe | Gold medalist at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens (gold in a single kayak 1000 m) |
| 2004 | Andreas Thorkildsen | athletics | Gold medalist at the Athens Summer Olympics (javelin throw) |
| 2006 | Kjetil André Aamodt | Alpine skiing | Gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin (Super G), fourth in the downhill |
| 2008 | Women's national handball team | Handball | Gold medalist at the Beijing Summer Olympics (women's handball tournament) |
| 2008 | Olaf Tufte | rowing | Gold Medalist at the Beijing Summer Olympics (One) |
| 2010 | Marit Bjørgen | Cross-country skiing | Five-time medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver (gold in the sprint, in the double pursuit and with the 4x5 km relay, silver over 30 km classic, bronze over 10 km freestyle) |
| 2012 | Bartosz Piasecki | fencing | Silver medalist at the Olympic Summer Games in London (epee singles) |
| 2014 | Kjetil Jansrud | Alpine skiing | Gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (Super-G) |
| 2016 |
Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli |
rowing | Bronze medalist at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (lightweight double scull) |
| 2018 | Maren Lundby | Ski jumping | Gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (normal hill) |
See also
Web links
- Entry in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Entry on Thomas Fearnley in the Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian; accessed March 11, 2011)
- ↑ Storheim, Hans Egil: Overraska over OL- heider frå regjeringa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at strilen.no, October 29, 2012 (accessed February 20, 2013).
