Holmenkollen Medal
The Holmenkollen Medal is the highest Norwegian award in skiing . It has been awarded since 1895 to athletes who have performed excellently in international competitions (especially those at Holmenkollen in Oslo ).
In most cases, Nordic skiers are honored (cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, and since 2011 also biathlon). Since alpine ski races are rarely held on Holmenkollen, only seven alpine skiers have received a medal. Four members of the Norwegian royal family have also been honored so far.
Most of the winners come from Norway (116). Athletes from Finland (17), Germany (11, including 3 from the GDR), Sweden (10), Russia (8, including 3 from the USSR), Austria (5), Japan (4) and Italy also received a medal (2), Switzerland (2), Poland (2), France (2), Kazakhstan (1), Estonia (1), Belarus (1). Each athlete can only receive the medal once, up to now 135 men and 26 women.
Award winners
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See also
- Egeberg's Ærespris
- Sportsman of the year (Norway)
- Aftenposten gold medal
- Fearnleys olympiske ærespris
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorin Habert fikk Holmenkollmedaljen on abcnyheter.no (Norwegian), accessed on October 11, 2017
- ↑ Sara Takanashi for Holmenkollmedaljen on skiforeningen.no (Norwegian), accessed on October 11, 2017
- ↑ Holmenkollmedaljen til Mäkäräinen on skiforeningen.no (Norwegian), accessed on November 11, 2018
- ↑ Høyeste utmerkelse til prinsesse Astrid ( Memento from March 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on skiforeningen.no (Norwegian), accessed on November 11, 2018
- ↑ a b Holmenkollmedaljen 2018 on skiforeningen.no (Norwegian), accessed on November 11, 2018