Erling Øistein Steineide (10 August 1938 – 9 October 2019) was a Norwegian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

, born in Heidal. He participated at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

, where he placed fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay event, together with teammates

Magnar Lundemo Magnar Lundemo (4 March 1938 in Meråker – 7 January 1987 in Meråker) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and track and field athlete. As a skier he participated in two Olympic Games and placed fourth at the 1962 World Championships. In t ...

, Einar Østby and

Harald Grønningen Harald Grønningen (9 October 1934 – 26 August 2016) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received ...

. He was Norwegian cross-country skiing champion in 15 km in 1965. Steineide died on 9 October 2019, 81 years old.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

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* 1938 births 2019 deaths People from Sel, Norway Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Innlandet {{Norway-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub