Torbjørn Falkanger

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Full name Torbjørn Getz Falkanger
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday October 8, 1927
place of birth Trondheim ,  NorwayNorwayNorway 
date of death July 16, 2013
Place of death Trondheim ,  NorwayNorwayNorway 
Career
society Byåsen IL
National squad since 1949
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
National medals 3 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1952 Oslo Normal hill
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1952 Oslo Normal hill
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
silver 1948 Strinda Normal hill
gold 1949 Steinkjer Normal hill
gold 1950 Asker Normal hill
silver 1952 Porsgrunn Normal hill
gold 1954 Strinda Normal hill
 

Torbjørn Getz Falkanger (born October 8, 1927 in Trondheim ; † July 16, 2013 there ) was a Norwegian ski jumper .

Career

Falkanger celebrated his first success at the Norwegian Championships in Strinda in 1948 , where he won the silver medal on the normal hill behind Asbjørn Ruud . In 1949 he won the international jumping at Holmenkollen for the first time. In the same year he won his first national title at the Norwegian Championships in Steinkjer in 1949 , ahead of Sverre Kronvoll and Arnfinn Bergmann .

In 1950 he won again at Holmenkollen and at the national championships. At the Nordic World Ski Championships m the same year in Lake Placid he reached fifth place.

At the opening ceremony of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , Falkanger was given the honor of taking the Olympic oath . In the Olympic competition he was still in the lead after the first round on the Holmenkollbakken and ultimately won the silver medal behind his compatriot Arnfinn Bergmann.

After the Olympic Games, he and Stein Eriksen , Heikki Hasu and Nils Karlsson received the Holmenkollen Medal , the highest award in Norwegian skiing. Only a few weeks later at the Norwegian Championships in Porsgrunn in 1952 he won the silver medal again.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 1954 , he finished sixth after a mixed competition. Shortly afterwards he won the title again at the Norwegian Championships in Strinda in 1954 .

After a fall while jumping on Holmenkollen, Falkanger was unable to take part in the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo due to injury in 1956 and ended his career there.

Private

Falkanger is the son of dispatcher Arne Falkanger (1895–1976) and Signe Getz (1896–1939). On April 28, 1952, he married Margrethe (Mosse) Pauline Grimstad (* 1929). After the end of his career, Falkanger worked in the family-owned shoe factory Falkanger Sko AS in Trondheim , where he subsequently took on the post of director. He died in Trondheim on July 16, 2013 at the age of 86.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ↑ a b c d e Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
  3. ↑ a b Vinnere av Holmenkollrennene . snl.no. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1950 - Men's K90 ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Skihopperen Torbjørn Falkanger er død . In: NRK.no . July 17, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. ^ Ski Jumping at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's Normal Hill, Individual . In: Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ Holmenkollmedaljen . snl.no. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 1954 - Men's K90 ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ Skihopperen Torbjørn Falkanger er død . In: Dagbladet . July 17, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Falkanger, Torbjørn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falkanger, Torbjørn Getz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim , Norway
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 2013
Place of death Trondheim , Norway