Hilmar Arnold Myhra (4 June 1915 – 13 April 2013) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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 before

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. He won the opening competition of the hill

Vikersundbakken Vikersundbakken or Vikersund Hill is a ski flying hill at Vikersund in Modum, Norway. It is one of the two largest purpose-built ski flying hills in the world. Nine world records have been set there, including the current record of 253.5 met ...

in February 1936, and held the hill record of 85 meters for a few years. It was broken by

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in 1946. He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1938 Nordic World Ski Championships in

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, and finished sixth in the same event at the 1939 Nordic World Ski Championships in

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. Myhra also won the ski jumping event at the

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in 1940, the last winner of the event before Norway would be invaded by Germany during

.Holmenkollen winners since 1892
–

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. Retrieved on 1 January 2009. He also became Norwegian champion that year. Besides skiing Myhra also played

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, during the summer, and a head injury sustained in a football match in August 1945 ended his sporting career.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Myhra, Hilmar 1915 births 2013 deaths Norwegian male ski jumpers Norwegian footballers People from Kongsberg FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Kongsberg IF ski jumpers Association footballers not categorized by position Sportspeople from Viken (county)