Bård Jørgen Elden
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's nordic combined | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | 3 x 10 km team | |
Bård Jørgen Elden (born June 17, 1968) is a former Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1987 to 1997. At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won a gold medal in the 3 x 10 km team event.
Elden's only individual career victory occurred in Austria in 1989.
Elden has also been national team coach and chief executive for the American nordic combined national team. The brother of former nordic combined and cross country skier Trond Einar Elden, he represented Namdalseid I.L. in Trondheim during his career.
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| World champions in men's team nordic combined |
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| (As 3 x 10km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder, & Konrad Winkler 1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth, & Geir Andersen 1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz, & Hermann Weinbuch 1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Thomas Müller 1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden 1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner, & Klaus Sulzenbacher 1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara (As 4 x 5km) 1995 Japan Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara, & Takanori Kono 1997 Norway Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, & Fred Børre Lundberg 1999 Finland Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila, & Samppa Lajunen 2001 Norway Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Kristian Hammer 2003 Austria Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald 2005 Norway Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, & Kristian Hammer |
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