Olaf Hoffsbakken

nation

Norway

birthday

September 2, 1908

place of birth

Snertingdal , Norway

date of death

November 23, 1986

Place of death

Gjøvik , Norway

Career

discipline

Nordic combined
cross-country skiing

society

Snertingdal IL

Medal table

winter Olympics
silver	1936 Garm.-Partenkirchen	NK single
silver	1936 Garm.-Partenkirchen	Cross-country skiing 4 × 10 km
Nordic World Ski Championships
silver	1935	Cross-country skiing relay
gold	1938 Lahti	NK single
Norwegian championships
gold	1937	NK single
Norwegian championships
gold	1937	Cross-country skiing 18 km

Olaf Hoffsbakken (born September 2, 1908 in Snertingdal , † November 23, 1986 in Gjøvik ) was a Norwegian Nordic skier .

Life

Hoffsbakken, who started for Snertingdal IL, reached sixth place in the individual Nordic Combined at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1934 in Sollefteå . A year later at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1935 in Vysoké Tatry , he was able to improve to fourth place and so narrowly missed the medal ranks. In cross-country skiing , however, he was able to win the silver medal with the relay. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he was able to win the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1936 both in the Nordic Combined and in the 4x10-kilometer cross-country relay. At the Norwegian Championships in 1937 he won the title in Nordic Combined and over 18 km of cross-country skiing. In the same year he received the Holmenkollen Medal together with Birger Ruud and Martin P. Vangsli .

Olaf Hoffsbakken in the database of the International Ski Association (English) - cross-country skiing
Olaf Hoffsbakken in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Nordic Combined
Olaf Hoffsbakken in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )