Geir Andersen

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Geir Andersen Nordic combination
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday February 12, 1964
place of birth Oslo ,  NorwayNorwayNorway 
size 175 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
society Lyn
National squad since 1983
status resigned
End of career 1989
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 4 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1985 Seefeld in Tirol 3 × 10 km team (NH)
silver 1985 Seefeld in Tirol singles
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
silver 1983 Kuopio Single 15 km
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
gold 1983 Lillehammer team
bronze 1983 Lillehammer singles
silver 1984 yard singles
gold 1985 Tromsø singles
gold 1986 Vang singles
gold 1986 Vang team
bronze 1989 Steinkjer team
Placements in the World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 7th January 1984
 World Cup victories (individual) 5 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 1984/85 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 singles 5 4th 5
 

Geir Andersen (born February 12, 1964 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian Nordic combined .

Career

Andersen comes from a family of athletes, including his three years older brother Espen Andersen . When he was 16, he decided to do Nordic combined. Shortly thereafter, he completed his military service. There he already belonged to the sponsorship group as a sports soldier. He celebrated his first success at the Norwegian Championship in 1983 in Lillehammer . There he won the bronze medal in the singles behind Tom Sandberg and his brother Espen. With the team he won gold in the team.

At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1983 in Kuopio , he won the individual silver medal behind Heiko Hunger . On January 7, 1984 he made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup . He immediately achieved his first World Cup podium in the individual in Schonach in the Black Forest with second place.

One month later, Andersen started at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1984 . After winning the individual competition, he landed on the silver rank in the team competition together with John Riiber and Trond Arne Bredesen . After these successes, he traveled as a member of the national team to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . There he reached 10th place in the individual.

In the three following World Cups after the games in Falun , Lahti and Oslo he was third on the podium. He finished the last World Cup of the season in Štrbské Pleso in fifth and finished third in the overall World Cup ranking.

The 1984/85 season was the most successful season of his sporting career. He started with two wins in Planica and St. Moritz and a second place in Schonach in the Black Forest. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 in Seefeld in Tirol , he won the individual silver medal behind Hermann Weinbuch . Also with the team, which also included his brother and Hallstein Bøgseth , he reached second place. Shortly afterwards he won his second national title at the Norwegian Championships in Tromsø in 1985 . Subsequently, he won the individual world cups in Leningrad and Lahti. After he also achieved a podium finish in Oslo with second place, he was able to win the overall World Cup by far.

In the World Cup, he did not succeed in repeating the success of the 1984/85 season. The 1985/86 season began Andersen Although successful with the victory in Tarvisio . However, this would be the last World Cup victory of his career. In Schonau he also missed a placement among the top ten for the first time. He finished the season in third place overall. At the Norwegian Championships in 1986 in Vang , he won gold both individually and with the team.

After Andersen did not start in the World Cup in the 1986/87 season , he returned to the national squad for four World Cups in 1987/88 . However, he was unsuccessful. In his last season in 1988/89 he managed to start third again in Saalfelden, but it was his last international success. At the Norwegian Championships in Steinkjer in 1989 , he landed with the team again on the bronze rank. He finished his last World Cup season before the end of his career in 16th place overall.

successes

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
15th December 1984 Planica Yugoslavia singles
December 20, 1984 St. Moritz Switzerland singles
February 23, 1985 Leningrad Soviet Union singles
March 2, 1985 Lahti Finland singles
December 21, 1985 Tarvisio Italy singles

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement Single a sprint Mass start team total
sprint Season
1st place 5 5
2nd place 4th 4th
3rd place 5 5
Top 10 20th 20th
Scoring 25th 25th
Starts 25th         25th
Status: end of career
a including individual races and Gundersen individual starts

literature

  • International Sports Archive 10/1985 from February 25, 1985

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER ( MS Word ; 2.3 MB) , 2007
  2. ^ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1983 - Men's Individual K90 / 15.0 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  3. ^ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1984 - Men's Gundersen K80 / 10.0 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1984 - Men's Team K80 / 3x10 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 1985 - Men's Gundersen K90 / 15.0 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 1985 - Men's Team K90 / 3x10 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Andersen, Geir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norwegian nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway