Finn Christian "Finken" Jagge (4 April 1966 – 8 July 2020) was a

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Biography

He was the son of alpine skier Liv Jagge-Christiansen and tennis player Finn Dag Jagge. In the

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he won seven slalom victories. He also won the Norwegian Championship eight times. His career highlight came with the gold medal in the slalom competition at the 1992 Olympics in

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. He retired in 2000. He trained the Norwegian women ski team from 2005 to 2007. He worked for the Norwegian telecom company Ludo and later as a Partner Headhunter for Dynamic People Headhunting in Oslo. Jagge won the Norwegian reality TV show Mesternes Mester in 2011. He was 54 years old, when he died after a short illness in July 2020. He was married to Trine-Lise Jagge and had two children.

World Cup victories

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagge, Finn Christian 1966 births 2020 deaths Alpine skiers from Oslo Norwegian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway