Lasse Ottesen
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1994 Lillehammer | Normal hill – K90 |
Lasse Ottesen (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002.
Career
He grew up in the little hamlet of Aurskog in eastern Norway and represented the local sports club Aurskog-Finstadbru SK.
His biggest success at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where he earned a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill. Ottesen also finished 4th at the 1995 Nordic skiing World Championships in the Individual Large Hill. In 1997, he sat the world record in Planica with 212 meters.
After retiring, he became a coach. He was the ski jumping coach for the Nordic combined teams of Norway and then the United States, and later became the head coach for the United States.
Lasse is now Nordic combined director in the International Ski Federation (FIS). He’s work for FIS has been outstanding since he was offered the job in 2011, particularly he’s work for spearheading women’s Nordic Combined.
Ski jumping world record
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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22 March 1997 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 212 | 696 |
References
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Aurskog-Høland
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- Olympic ski jumpers of Norway
- Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Norwegian ski jumping coaches
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway