Olav Dufseth (December 19, 1917 – September 22, 2009) was a Norwegian nordic combined and

cross-country Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ...

skier who competed in the 1940s. Dufseth finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...

. In the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event he finished 18th. He was born in

Vang, Hedmark Vang is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1992 when it became part of Hamar Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Fredvang. This sit ...

and represented the club Vang SF. He died in September 2009 in Rena.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

References

Olaf Dufseth's profile at Sports Reference.com15 km individual results 1924-2002

Fallhøyden er stor når du heter Dufseth

Olaf Dufseth's obituary
1917 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Hamar Skiers from Innlandet People from Åmot Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Norwegian male cross-country skiers Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub