Rolf Monsen

Rolf Monsen
nation	United States
birthday	January 8, 1899
place of birth	Oslo ,  Norway
size	178 cm
date of death	April 28, 1987
Place of death	Bellflower , California
Career
discipline	Ski jumping Nordic combined cross-country skiing
society	Lake Placid Sno-Birds
End of career	1937

Rolf Monsen (born January 8, 1899 in Oslo , Norway , † April 28, 1987 in Bellflower , California ) was an American Nordic skier .

Career

Monsen, who was born in Oslo in 1899, emigrated to the United States with his family in 1921. After joining the Lake Placid Sno-Birds there, he worked purposefully towards an international career. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , he first demonstrated his skills on the international stage in the Nordic disciplines of cross-country skiing , Nordic combined and ski jumping , after he had qualified as the American cross-country skiing champion. In cross-country skiing he reached 45th place, in the combination he had to end the race early. In ski jumping, he achieved sixth place, the best result for an American to date. He also started again four years later at the 1932 Winter Olympics in his then home Lake Placid . After a 33rd place in cross-country skiing over 18 kilometers, he reached ninth place in the combination. This was again the best result for an American up to that point. He was also able to qualify for the 1936 Winter Olympics. However, he had to cancel his start due to an injury. He was then given the honor of flying the American flag at the opening of the Games.

In 1937 Monsen resigned from active skiing and received certification as a jury for ski jumping in the United States, Canada and Europe just a year later . In 1940 he was called up for military service by the US Army and became part of the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops. After the Second World War he settled in California . In 1964 he was accepted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming .

Web links

• Rolf Monsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Rolf Monsen short portrait (PDF; 113 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The First Four Olympics . www.skiinghistory.org. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 27, 2013.