Kongsberg IF
| Surname | Kongsberg Idrettsforening |
|---|---|
| Club colors | Red White |
| Founded | January 26, 1899 |
| Association headquarters | Kongsberg |
| Members | 2,000+ |
| Departments |
Ski jumping snowboard soccer ice hockey gymnastics athletics |
| Chairman | Steinar R. Myhra |
| Homepage | www.kongsberg-if.no |
Kongsberg IF (Norwegian Kongsberg Idrettsforening , KIF for short ) is a sports club from the Norwegian Kongsberg .
The club was founded on January 26th, 1899 and has focused on winter sports from the start . Today, however, there is also a successful football department whose 1st men's team plays in the 3rd Norwegian league and whose 1st women's team plays in the 2nd Norwegian league. The club also has a gymnastics and athletics department .
However, the most successful department of the club is winter sports. The successful ski jumpers Sigmund Ruud , Birger Ruud , Asbjørn Ruud , Hans Beck , Hilmar Myhra (also football), Petter Hugsted , Arnholdt Kongsgård and Daniel-André Tande emerged from the club. In snowboarding, Stine Brun Kjeldaas is a successful representative of the club with an Olympic silver medal as well as one silver and two bronze medals at world championships.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ KIF - History . www.kongsberg-if.no. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ KIF - Hvem er hva? . www.kongsberg-if.no. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ 70 år idag: Hilmar Myhra . In: Aftenposten , June 4, 1985.
- ↑ Stine Brun Kjeldaas Biography and Statistics . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2009.