Sverre Stenersen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Individual | |
| Bronze | 1952 Oslo | Individual | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1954 Falun | Individual | |
| Silver | 1958 Lahti | Individual | |
Sverre Stenersen (born June 18, 1926 - died December 16, 2005) was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who dominated the event throughout the 1950's. His biggest triumphs were winning individual golds both at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also won an individual bronze at the 1952 Winter Olympics and an individual silver at the 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Stenersen represented Målselv IL and won 13 national championships. He also won the nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1955, 1956, and 1959 (Shared with Gunder Gundersen.)). For his nordic combined successes at home and abroad, Stenersen received the Holmenkollen medal in 1955 (Shared with King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, and Veikko Hakulinen.).
[edit] Medals
- 1952 Winter Olympics - bronze
- 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - gold
- 1956 Winter Olympics - gold
- 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - silver
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| Olympic champions in nordic combined individual |
| 1924: Thorleif Haug | 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1948: Heikki Hasu | 1952: Simon Slåttvik | 1956: Sverre Stenersen | 1960: Georg Thoma | 1964: Tormod Knutsen | 1968: Franz Keller | 1972: Ulrich Wehling | 1976: Ulrich Wehling | 1980: Ulrich Wehling | 1984: Tom Sandberg | 1988: Hippolyt Kempf | 1992: Fabrice Guy | 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2002: Samppa Lajunen | 2006: Georg Hettich |
| World champions in nordic combined individual |
| 1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1927: Rudolf Burkert | 1929: Hans Vinjarengen | 1930: Hans Vinjarengen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Sven Selånger | 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1937: Sigurd Røen | 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken | 1939: Gustl Berauer | 1950: Heikki Hasu | 1954: Sverre Stenersen | 1958: Paavo Korhonen | 1962: Arne Larsen 1966: Georg Thoma | 1970: Ladislav Rygl | 1974: Ulrich Wehling | 1978: Konrad Winkler | 1982: Tom Sandberg | 1985: Hermann Weinbuch | 1987: Torbjørn Løkken | 1989: Trond Einar Elden | 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1993: Kenji Ogiwara | 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1997: Kenji Ogiwara | 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2003: Ronny Ackermann | 2005: Ronny Ackermann |
| Preceded by: Martin Stokken |
Holmenkollen medal with King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, & Veikko Hakulinen 1955 |
Succeeded by: Boghild Niskin, Arnfinn Bergmann, & Arne Hoel |
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