Ivar Formo

Ivar Formo

Ivar Formo in January, 1973
Personal information
Born	24 June 1951 (1951-06-24) Oslo, Norway
Died	26 December 2006 (2006-12-27) (aged 55) Nordmarka, Oslo, Norway
Life partner	Wenche Jacobsen
Medal record Representing Norway Men's cross-country skiing Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 50 km 1972 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay 1976 Innsbruck 4 × 10 km relay 1972 Sapporo 15 km World Championships 1974 Falun 4 × 10 km relay 1978 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay Men's orienteering World Championships 1974 Silkeborg Relay

Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s.

Career

He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay (1974, 1978). Formo also competed in orienteering, winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 world championships, where he also placed ninth in the individual contest.

He represented the club SFK Lyn. He won a number of awards for his accomplishments within sports, notably the Holmenkollen medal in 1975 (shared with Gerhard Grimmer and his good friend and rival Oddvar Brå) and Egebergs Ærespris in 1973.

In 1979 he was part of the Lyn Jukola orienteering relay winning team.

After retiring as an athlete he had a successful career as a businessman, and served as chairman of the cross-country committee (1983–1988) in the International Ski Federation. Formo earned an engineering degree, and was chairman of the board of Ignis at the time of his death.

Formo was found drowned in the lake Store Sandungen in Nordmarka, the forests surrounding Oslo. He had gone jogging and skating through the area and had most likely fallen through the ice. He was survived by his two sons, and his partner during fifteen years, former orienteering competitor Wenche Jacobsen.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1972	20	Bronze	—	—	Silver
1976	24	5	11	Gold	Silver

World Championships

• 2 medals – (2 bronze)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1974	22	6	16	12	Bronze
1978	26	14	—	—	Bronze

External links

• databaseOlympics.com profile on Formo – Accessed December 27, 2006.
• Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in English).
• Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in Norwegian).
• Formo's training schedule in preparation for the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – Accessed December 27, 2006.
• Ivar Formo at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)