Oddvar Brå

	Oddvar Brå
nation	Norway
birthday	16th March 1951 (age 69)
place of birth	Melhus , Norway
Career
discipline	Cross-country skiing
status	resigned
End of career	1989
Medal table
winter Olympics
Nordic World Ski Championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
World Cup victories in individual	2 ( details )
Overall World Cup	1. (1974/75, 1978/79)
	last change: January 24, 2012

Oddvar Brå (born March 16, 1951 in Hølonda near Melhus ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

life and career

He was one of the strongest Norwegian cross-country skiers in the 1970s and won the cross-country world cup twice in the 1974/75 and 1978/79 seasons . At the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1980, he managed to win a silver medal with the Norwegian relay. His best individual performance was fourth place in the 15 km race in 1988.

In 1982 he won the gold medal over 15 kilometers at the World Championships and with the relay. In 1973 he received the Morgenbladet gold medal , in 1975 the Holmenkollen medal , and in 1987 the Egebergs Ærespris .

It became historic in 1982 when he broke his stick in the World Championship relay race at Holmenkollen at home and still won gold in a gripping finish. Even today, a widespread saying in Norway is "Where were you when Brå broke the stick?". This saying is used when someone is to blame for something because he was not there.

successes

winter Olympics

1972 in Sapporo : Silver with the relay
1980 in Lake Placid : Silver with the relay

World championships

1974 in Falun : bronze with the relay
1978 in Lahti : bronze with the relay
1982 in Oslo : Gold over 15 km, gold with the relay

Norwegian championships

1973 : Gold over 50 km, bronze over 30 km
1974 : Gold over 50 km, silver over 15 km, silver over 30 km, silver with the relay
1975 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 50 km, silver with the relay
1976 : Gold over 15 km, silver over 30 km
1977 : Gold over 30 km
1978 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km, gold over 50 km
1979 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km, gold over 50 km
1980 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km
1981 : Gold over 15 km
1982 : Bronze over 15 km
1984 : Bronze over 30 km
1985 : Bronze over 30 km
1986 : Bronze over 30 km
1987 : Gold over 30 km
1988 : Silver over 15 km
1989 : Bronze over 30 km

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	February 23, 1982	Norway Oslo	15 km ¹
2.	March 7, 1982	Finland Lahti	50 km

¹ Nordic World Ski Championships 1982

World Cup overall placements

Overall ranking of the Cross-Country World Cup : 1st place in 1975 and 1979

season	space	Points
1981/82	5.	77
1982/83	15th	45
1983/84	15th	48
1984/85	36.	18th
1985/86	24.	19th
1986/87	-	-
1987/88	13.	43
1988/89	30th	14th

Web links

Oddvar Brå in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Oddvar Brå in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Brå, Oddvar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hølonda near Melhus