Everything about Tormod Knutsen totally explained
Tormod Knutsen (born
January 7,
1932) is a former
Norwegian nordic combined athlete. Already as a 16 year old he became named to Hovedlandsrennet, and two years later Norwegian junior champion in
Ski jumping. From the season 1954/55 he started with Nordic combined. He participated in the Olympic games three times, with more and more success at the
1956 Winter Olympics in
Cortina d'Ampezzo he finished sixth, and at the
1960 Winter Olympics in
Squaw Valley he finished second place behind the
German Georg Thoma. Prior to the
1961-
2 season, the former Olympic champion
Sverre Stenersen was hired as national team coach, with another nordic combined giant
Gunder Gundersen as team principal. This effort obviously paid off with Knutsen's Olympic gold medal in
Innsbruck.
Knutsen also won the nordic combined event at the
1957 Holmenkollen ski festival. Three years later, Knutsen earned the
Holmenkollen medal (Shared with
Helmut Recknagel,
Sixten Jernberg, and
Sverre Stensheim.).
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