Kjetil Mårdalen
Kjetil Mårdalen | ||||||||||||||||
Full name | Kjetil Jonsen Mårdalen | |||||||||||||||
nation | Norway | |||||||||||||||
birthday | January 12, 1925 | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Tinn , Norway | |||||||||||||||
date of death | November 4, 1996 | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Tinn, Norway | |||||||||||||||
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society | Tinn ski pad | |||||||||||||||
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Kjetil Mårdalen (born January 12, 1925 in Tinn ; † November 4, 1996 there ) was a Norwegian Nordic combined .
Career
Mårdalen, who competed for Tinn Skilag , was the son of Jon Mårdalen, an Olympian and Norwegian champion in cross-country skiing .
In his first participation in a world championship, he finished in Lake Placid in 1950 as the fourth-best Norwegian in sixth place. In the same year he just missed the podium in fourth at the Norwegian championships in Asker og Bærum . A year later he won the silver medal behind Simon Slåttvik in Narvik .
He achieved his greatest international success at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 in Falun . There he won the bronze medal behind his compatriots Sverre Stenersen and Gunder Gundersen in the individual competition of the combination dominated by Norwegians . In Falun he also competed in classic cross-country skiing over 15 km, but only finished 51st. At the championships in Strinda in 1954 Mårdalen was third and won his second national medal. In addition, he entered the cross-country skiing competition over 15 km in classic style and reached fifth place.
At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Mårdalen took 14th place in the individual of the Trampolino Italia and over 15 km. He was able to show the sixth best mileage.
Web links
- Kjetil Mårdalen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kjetil Mårdalen on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Kjetil Mårdalen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Kjetil Mårdalen in the database of skisport365.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Ski Championships 1950 - Men's Individual K90 / 15.0 km in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on March 18, 2019
- ↑ a b c Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
- ↑ World Ski Championships 1954 - Men's Individual K90 / 15.0 km in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on March 18, 2019
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SURNAME | Mårdalen, Kjetil |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mårdalen, Kjetil Jonsen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tinn |
DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1996 |
Place of death | Tinn |