Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl

Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl
nation	Norway
birthday	March 21, 1960
place of birth	Kristiansand ,  Norway
Career
society	Vikersund
Pers. Best	190 m (Planica 1987)
status	resigned
End of career	1992
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 0 × 2 × 0 × SFWM medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics bronze 1988 Calgary team  Nordic World Ski Championships silver 1987 Oberstdorf team silver 1989 Lahti team  Ski flying world championships gold 1988 Oberstdorf singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	March 13, 1983
World Cup victories (individual)	04 ( details )
Overall World Cup	04. ( 1988/89 )
Ski flying world cup	19. (1991/92)
Four Hills Tournament	05. ( 1983/84 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 1 3 3  Ski flying 3 1 0

Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (born March 21, 1960 in Kristiansand ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper .

Career

Fidjestøl became world champion in ski flying in Oberstdorf in 1988 . In the same year he won the bronze medal in team jumping at the Winter Olympics in Calgary . Also with the team he was runner- up in 1987 and 1989 . Fidjestøl's greatest strength was ski flying. In addition to his only world championship title, he also won three of his four world cup victories on flying hills.

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	Type
1.	February 23, 1985	Harrachov	Ski jump
2.	March 15, 1987	Planica	Ski jump
3.	January 21, 1989	Oberhof	Normal hill
4th	March 19, 1989	Harrachov	Ski jump

Hill records

place	country	Expanse	set up on	Record up
Harrachov	Czech Republic	183.0 m ( HS : 205 m)	February 23, 1985	March 9, 1996

Trivia

The Viennese songwriter duo Christoph and Lollo immortalized him in one of their "ski jumping songs".

Web links

• Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )