Ottar Gjermundshaug

Ottar Gjermundshaug
nation	Norway
birthday	January 23, 1925
place of birth	Alvdal ,  Norway
date of death	April 10, 1963
Place of death	Alvdal ,  Norway
Career
discipline	Nordic combined cross-country skiing
society	Alvdal IL
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 × National medals 3 × 3 × 1 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships silver 1950 Lake Placid singles  Norwegian championships gold 1946 Drammen NK single silver 1948 Lillehammer NK single bronze 1949 Steinkjer NK single gold 1950 Asker / Bærum NK single silver 1952 Porsgrunn / Eidsvoll NK single  Norwegian championships gold 1949 Steinkjer CC 18 km silver 1950 Asker / Bærum CC 18 km

Ottar Gjermundshaug (born January 23, 1925 in Alvdal ; † April 10, 1963 ibid) was a Norwegian skier who was active in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined .

Career

Gjermundshaug, who started for the club in his hometown Alvdal IL , achieved his first success at the Norwegian championship in 1946 in Drammen . There he won the combined singles title ahead of Eilert Dahl and Magne Gjermundshaug . After finishing fourth in the following year, he won the silver medal at the championships in Lillehammer in 1948 . Another year later at the Norwegian Championships in Steinkjer in 1949 he won the title in cross-country skiing over 18 km for the first time. In the combination he did not get beyond the bronze medal.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid in 1950 , he won the silver medal in the individual combination. A little later he started in Asker and Bærum at the Norwegian Championships in 1950 and won his second national title there in the combination. In cross-country skiing, he came second and won silver. In the following year, he finished fifth in the combination.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , he started in both disciplines. In cross-country skiing over 18 km he was 12th at the end before he ended up in sixth place in the combination. A little later at the Norwegian Championships in Porsgrunn and Eidsvoll in 1952 , he won again silver in the combination.

Web links

• Ottar Gjermundshaug in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Ottar Gjermundshaug in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1950 - Men's Individual K90 / 15.0 km in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on December 27, 2013