Olav Hansson (born 23 July 1957 in Vestre Aker,

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1982 to 1987. At the

1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, ...

in Oslo, he won a gold medal in the team large hill and a silver medal in the individual large hill. Hansson was known as "Stilhopperen fra Røa", and always jumped in a full white jumping suit. He finished second a total of seven other times in his individual career at various hills between 1982 and 1987.

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* Norwegian male ski jumpers 1957 births Living people FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Skiers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub