Jon Snersrud

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Jon Snersrud Nordic combination Ski jumping
Full name Jon Andersen Snersrud
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday October 7, 1902
place of birth Gulsvik , Flå ,  Norway
job electrician
date of death August 10, 1986
Place of death Rjukan ,  Norway
Career
discipline Nordic combined
ski jumping
society Rjukan Ski Lag
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1928 St. Moritz singles
 

Jon Andersen Snersrud (born October 7, 1902 in Gulsvik , Flå , † August 10, 1986 in Rjukan ) was a Norwegian skier who mainly competed internationally in the Nordic combined , but also in the sub-discipline of ski jumping .

Career

Snersrud, who started for Rjukan Skilag, won the B competition of the Holmenkoll Ski Festival in Nordic Combined in 1923 as a junior . At the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1928 , Snersrud won the bronze medal behind his compatriots Johan Grøttumsbråten and Hans Vinjarengen . He laid the foundations for this success in the ski jumping, which he finished third before he secured this place despite only having the ninth-best mileage. A few weeks later, he finished second at the open German ski championships.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1930 , he took eighth place in the combination, which was also his best result at senior level at the Holmenkoll Ski Festival. In addition, Snersrud also competed in special jumping at the World Championships, where he achieved ninth place after jumps on 47.5 and 48 meters.

Snersrud worked as an electrician until the end of his career. He died in Rjukan in 1986 at the age of 83.

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personal data
SURNAME Snersrud, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snersrud, John; Snersrud, Jon Andersen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norwegian nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Gulsvik , Norway
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1986
Place of death Rjukan , Norway