Jostein Smedbye

Jostein Smedbye
nation	Norway
birthday	March 9, 1977
Career
society	Raufoss IL
National squad	since 1995
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	February 18, 1995
Overall World Cup	89th ( 1994/95 )
Ski flying world cup	41st (1994/95)

Jostein Smedbye (born March 9, 1977 ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper .

Career

Smedbye, who started for Raufoss IL , made his debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup on February 18, 1995 in ski flying in Vikersund . He won his first and only five World Cup points with 26th place and was 89th in the overall World Cup ranking at the end of the 1994/95 World Cup season. In the ski jumping competition he finished 41st. After jumping only to 49th place at the start of the following season in Lillehammer , he was transferred to the Ski Jumping Continental Cup and jumped there until 2002. In his first season in 1995/96 With 14 points, however, he only reached 127th place overall. After he did not jump into the ranking in the following season, he was again 127 in 1996/97. In the 1999/2000 season he achieved 71st place with 178 points and thus the highest placement in the overall Continental Cup ranking. After two more years at the end of the field, he ended his active ski jumping career in 2002.

Web links

• Jostein Smedbye in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)