Ole Stenen (29 August 1903 in

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– 23 April 1975) was a

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who competed in

nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

and

cross-country skiing 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 ...

in the 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in

and represented the club Øyer IL. He died in April 1975 in

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. He won a Nordic combined silver at the

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. In addition, he won the 50 km cross-country event at both the 1931 World Ski Championships and the 1931

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. He also won silver in the Nordic combined at the 1929 World Ski Championships and finished fourth at the 1934 World Ski Championships. Because of those wins, Stenen shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1931 with fellow Norwegian

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, a fellow Nordic combined athlete.Holmenkollmedaljen
He participated in the demonstration event,

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(precursor to

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), in the

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

References

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* 1903 births 1975 deaths People from Øyer Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Norwegian military patrol (sport) runners Norwegian male cross-country skiers Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic biathletes of Norway Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub