Frithjof Prydz

Frithjof Prydz
nation	Norway
birthday	July 15, 1943
place of birth	Oslo ,  Norway
date of death	December 8, 1992
Place of death	Oslo ,  Norway
Career
society	Ready IL
Medal table
National medals 1 × 3 × 3 ×
Norwegian championships bronze 1968 Ørskog Normal hill silver 1971 Rælingen Normal hill bronze 1971 Bærum Large hill gold 1972 Trondheim Large hill silver 1973 Fåvang Normal hill bronze 1973 Fåberg Large hill silver 1975 Rælingen Large hill

Frithjof Prydz (born July 15, 1943 in Oslo ; † December 8, 1992 there ) was a Norwegian ski jumper and tennis player .

Career

Ski jumping

Prydz started early in his hometown Oslo with the Ready IL club with ski jumping. In 1968 he won the bronze medal on the normal hill at the Norwegian Ski Jumping Championships behind Bjørn Wirkola and Lars Grini . Prydz started for the first time in the Four Hills Tournament 1969/70 in an international competition due to sustained success in national jumping. On December 28, 1969, he was 16 in Oberstdorf . Prydz jumped annually on the tour until 1976. His greatest success was a 7th place in Bischofshofen in 1971. At the Norwegian Championship in 1971 he won silver on the normal hill in Rælingen and bronze on the large hill in Bærum . In 1972 he won the gold medal and was Norwegian champion on the large hill in Trondheim . It was his only gold medal in national championships. Because of this success, he was part of the squad for the 1972 ski flying world championship in Planica , where he came 17th. In the following year he had to be content with silver on the normal hill and bronze on the large hill at the Norwegian Championships. After he was again successful nationally in 1975 with the silver medal on the large hill and took 4th place at the ski flying world championship in 1975 , he ended his active jumping career after the Four Hills Tournament in 1975/76 .

tennis

As a tennis player, Frithjof Prydz won a total of 21 national championship titles between 1968 and 1985 and played 15 games in the Davis Cup . He was able to win four of them. In addition to the men's singles and doubles, Prydz also played in the mixed doubles a. a. with Ellen Grindvold .

For his achievements in ski jumping and tennis, Frithjof Prydz was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1971 .

Web links

• Frithjof Prydz in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Frithjof Prydz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norges Tennis Association . www.tennis.no. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
2. ^ Davis Cup Players . www.daviscup.com. Retrieved March 16, 2009.