Knut Holst

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Knut Holst Nordic combination
Full name Knut Andreassen Holst
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday December 3, 1884
place of birth Hokksund ,  NorwayNorwayNorway 
date of death 4th February 1977
Place of death Øvre Eiker ,  NorwayNorwayNorway 
Career
society Eiker ski club and ball club
Medal table
National medals 2 × gold ? ×silver ? ×bronze
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
gold 1909 Lillehammer singles
gold 1911 Hønefoss singles
 

Knut Andreassen Holst (born December 3, 1884 in Hokksund , † February 4, 1977 in Øvre Eiker ) was a Norwegian skier who mainly competed in the Nordic combined .

Career

Holst, who started for the Eiker Ski and Ball Club in Buskerud , won the first ever Norwegian championship in combination at the first Norwegian championship in 1909 in Lillehammer . Also at the Norwegian Championship in Hønefoss in 1911 , Holst won the combined singles title ahead of Otto Tangen and Johan Kristoffersen . A short time later, he and Tangen were awarded the Holmenkollen Medal .

Holst was married and had a son. He died at the age of 92 in Øvre Eiker and was buried there on February 10, 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tombstone entry Knut Holst on Disnorge.no
  2. ↑ a b Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
  3. ↑ Holmenkollmedaljen . snl.no. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Holst, Knut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holst, Knut Andreassen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian skier
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Hokksund , Norway
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 1977
Place of death Øvre Eiker , Norway