Joacim Ødegård Bjøreng (born 14 December 1995) is a
Norwegian
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ski jumper
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.
At the
2015 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships he finished seventh in the normal hill and won a gold medal in the team competition. He made his Continental Cup debut with a fourth place in December 2014 in
Engelberg
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, and has won two events on the summer circuit; in August 2015 in Wisla and September 2016 in Lillehammer.
[
He made his ]FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
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debut in February 2015 in Vikersund
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, recording a 36th place, and collected his first World Cup points a year later in the same event with a 28th place.[
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References
1995 births
Living people
People from Røyken
Norwegian male ski jumpers
Skiers from Viken (county)
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