Halvor Næs (19 April 1928 – 13 October 2022) was a Norwegian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed in the 1950s. His only victory was in 1953 and he finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the

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Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. He was born in

Trysil Trysil is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Nybergsund, Øs ...

. Næs was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (shared with

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, and

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). Næs died in Trysil on 13 October 2022, at the age of 94.

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Holmenkollen medalists
- click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file * 1928 births 2022 deaths Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen medalists Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Norway People from Trysil Sportspeople from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub