Jørgen Nyland Graabak (born 26 April 1991) is a Norwegian

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skier. With four victories, he has won more

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gold medals in the sport than any other athlete.

Biography

He hails from

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and represents the club

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Career

Graabak has six world cup victories. He competed for

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. After not participating in the Normal Hill race, he replaced Mikko Kokslien in the large hill event and won gold, having placed 6th after the jumping stage. In the Men's Nordic combined relay, he won a second gold, racing Norway's final leg. He was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.

Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

References

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* * 1991 births Living people People from Melhus Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Sportspeople from Trøndelag 21st-century Norwegian people {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub