Hroar Stjernen (born 11 February 1961) is a Norwegian former ski jumper representing Sprova IL and Trønderhopp.

Career

He won the silver medal in the team large hill event at the

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and finished fourth in the individual normal hill at those same championships. Stjernen's lone individual World Cup victory came at Bischofshofen in 1985. He later worked as national team coach for the Norwegian ski jumpers between 1998 and 2002, but was criticized for poor results, resulting in his dismissal in January 2002. This dismissal would have no impact upon the team at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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, as the national team went home without a medal for the second straight time at the

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. He works today in

Trønder-Avisa ''Trønder-Avisa'' is a regional newspaper in Norway. It is printed in the town of Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag. The newspaper was founded as a union of ''Nord-Trøndelag'' (founded 1919) and '' Inntrøndelagen'' (founded 1897) after both newspapers ...

. He is the father of ski jumper

Andreas Stjernen Andreas Kolset Stjernen (born 30 July 1988) is a Norwegian retired ski jumper. He is the son of former ski jumper Hroar Stjernen. Career He made his debut in the Continental Cup in February 2005 in Brotterode, scoring two 49th places over two ...

. On 20 December 2011,

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...

announced that Hroar Stjernen will be their next Managing Director after Nils Skutle, starting 1 April 2012.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

References

External links

* 1961 births Living people Norwegian male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub