Lars Grini (born 29 June 1944) is a Norwegian former
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 between 1966 and 1972.
Career
His best-known successes were at the
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...
in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
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, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event, and another bronze medal in the individual normal hill at the
1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was tel ...
. He represented the club
SFK Lyn
Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn (lit. "Ski and Football Club Lightning") is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level a ...
.
On 10 February 1967, he set ski jumping distance world record at 147 metres (482 ft) on
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze (''Heini Klopfer Ski Flying Hill'') is a ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was opened in 1950, and was later renamed after its architect, Heini Klopfer. A total of 21 world records have been set on the hill. ...
in
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns.
At the&nbs ...
,
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
.
On 11 February 1967, the next day, he set another world record at 150 metres (492 ft) also in Oberstdorf.
Ski jumping world records
References
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1944 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Norwegian male ski jumpers
Olympic ski jumpers of Norway
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
20th-century Norwegian people