Oddmund Ingvald Jensen (26 September 1928 – 6 March 2011) was a Norwegian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and coach. He was born in

Sørfold Sørfold is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages in the municipality include Leirfjordgården, ...

, but represented Alvdal IL. He participated at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

, in 30 and 50 km, and at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

in Squaw Valley. He was Norwegian champion in 50 km in 1959. He was head coach for the Norwegian men's cross country national team from 1964 to 1978. He was responsible for the ski tracks at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

. Jensen died on 6 March 2011 at the age of 82.Norway's everlasting trainer Oddmund Jensen dies
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Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

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* 1928 births 2011 deaths People from Sørfold Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Norwegian cross-country skiing coaches Olympic coaches for Norway Sportspeople from Nordland {{Norway-XC-skiing-bio-stub