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Knut Tore Apeland (born 11 December 1968 in
Vinje Vinje is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Åmot. General inform ...
) is a former
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 ...
Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...
skier who competed during the 1990s, winning at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...
, and the
Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
in the team events. Apeland won two medals at the Winter Olympics, both silvers in the 3 x 10 km team event (1992, 1994) and four medals at the Nordic skiing world championships (one individual and three in the team event).


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* * 1968 births Living people Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners People from Vinje Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark 20th-century Norwegian people {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub