Rolf Kaarby

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Rolf Kaarby Nordic combination Ski jumping
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday October 6, 1909
date of death March 7, 1976
Career
discipline Nordic combined
ski jumping
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1937 Chamonix singles
 

Rolf Kaarby (born October 6, 1909 , † March 7, 1976 ) was a Norwegian Nordic skier .

Career

Kaarby first appeared internationally at the first test jumping on February 5, 1934 on the newly built Great Olympic Hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . There it reached the greatest distance with 70 meters in front of 5,000 spectators. Three years later he won the silver medal in the individual combination behind his compatriot Sigurd Røen at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1937 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc . Just under a month later he jumped the first hill record with 58 meters at the first jump on the Tremplin Olympique in Les Launes on February 21, 1937.

successes

Hill records

place country Expanse set up on Record up
Garmisch-Partenkirchen GermanyGermany Germany 70.0 m
( HS : 140 m)		 February 5, 1934 February 15, 1936

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Olympic hill , Garmisch-Partenkirchen . www.skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Beuil . www.skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Kaarby, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norwegian nordic skier
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1909
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1976