Magnar Fosseide

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Magnar Fosseide Nordic combination Cross-country skiing
Magnar Fosseide Zakopane 1939.jpg
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday August 19, 1913
place of birth Rindal ,  Norway
date of death October 1983
Career
discipline Nordic combined
cross-country skiing
society SK troll
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
National Medals (NK) 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
National Medals (SL) 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1939 Zakopane Single NK
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
gold 1938 Mo i Rana Single NK
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
silver 1938 Mo i Rana 17 km
 

Magnar Fosseide (born August 19, 1913 in Rindal ; † October 1983 ) was a Norwegian skier who was active in Nordic combined and cross-country skiing .

Career

Fosseide, who started for SK Troll , had its greatest successes in the late 1930s. In February 1938 he took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti , Finland , where he finished 35th in the individual Nordic Combined competition. He was not nominated for the season. In the cross-country skiing competition over 18 kilometers in classic style, the Norwegian reached 36th place.

At the Norwegian Championship in Mo i Rana in 1938 , Fosseide won the championship title in Nordic Combined and the silver medal in cross-country skiing over 17 km.

He achieved his greatest international success at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1939 . There he won the bronze medal in combination behind the German Gustav Berauer and the Swede Gustav Adolf Sellin . In the 4 × 10 km relay he took fourth place together with Olav Odden , Erling Evensen and Olaf Hoffsbakken . In the cross-country skiing competition over 18 kilometers in classic style, he improved to 23rd place compared to the previous year.

After he finished his career, he founded the sports shop Magnar Fosseide Sport AS in Trondheim .

Web links

Commons : Magnar Fosseide  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Todor Krastev: Nordic Combined World Championship 1938 Lahti (FIN) - 02.26.27. In: todor66.com. March 11, 2011, accessed March 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Magnar Fosseide ID 2599. In: skisport365.com. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1939 - Men's Individual K80 / 18.0 km in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on March 18, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Fosseide, Magnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian skier
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rindal
DATE OF DEATH October 1983