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Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl

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Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl
Country Norway
Born (1960-03-21) 21 March 1960 (age 64)
Kristiansand, Norway
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Personal best190 m (623 ft)
Planica, 15 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons19831992
Starts121
Podiums11
Wins4
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1989 Lahti Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (born 21 March 1960) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Career

He won silver medals in the team large hill event at the Nordic World Ski Championships (1987, 1989) as well as a bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Fidjestøl won the 1988 Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf and earned four additional career victories from 1985 to 1989. He won also four individual titles and one team title at the national level.

Since retiring from competition, he has been involved administratively with Vikersund IF and the football club Modum FK.[1]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF
1982/83 59 N/A
1983/84 22 5 N/A
1984/85 16 37 N/A
1985/86 19 17 N/A
1986/87 8 14 N/A
1987/88 9 47 N/A
1988/89 4 10 N/A
1989/90 16 12 N/A
1990/91 40 19
1991/92 49 19

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1984/85 23 February 1985   Czechoslovakia Harrachov Čerťák K180 FH
2 1986/87 15 March 1987   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 FH
3 1988/89 21 January 1989   East Germany Oberhof Rennsteigschanze K90 NH
4 19 March 1989   Czechoslovakia Harrachov Čerťák K180 FH

References

  1. ^ Sørumshagen, Øystein (31 May 2007). "Stiftet Modum Fotballklubb". Bygdeposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-10-10.