Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (born 21 March 1960) 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 ...

Career

He won silver medals in the team large hill event at the Nordic World Ski Championships (1987, 1989) as well as a bronze medal in the team large hill at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

. Fidjestøl won the 1988 Ski Flying World Championships 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&nb ...

and earned four additional career victories from 1985 to 1989. He won also four individual titles and one team title at the national level. Since retiring from competition, he has been involved administratively with Vikersund IF and the football club

Modum FK Modum Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Modum, founded in 2007 as a merger between the first teams of Åmot IF, IL Moingen, Vikersund IF, Haugfoss IF, Bingen BK and Geithus IL. The merger plans had been ongoing for some time. It ent ...

World Cup

Standings

Wins

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fidjestol, Ole Gunnar 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Kristiansand Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway People from Buskerud People from Modum Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people