Ottar Gjermundshaug (29 January 1925,
Alvdal
Alvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal. Other villages include Barkald, Plassmoen, and Strømmen ...
– 10 April 1963) was a Norwegian
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 ...
skier
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who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the individual event at the
1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh. ...
.
Gjermundshaug also finished sixth in the individual event and 18th in the 18 km
cross-country skiing
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event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
in
Oslo
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.
He represented
Alvdal IL
Alvdal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Alvdal, founded in 1902. It has sections for association football, Nordic skiing, biathlon, orienteering, team handball and volleyball.
Famous skiers include Embret Mellesmo, Per Samuelshaug, ...
.
Cross-country skiing results
Olympic Games
World Championships
References
External links
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Ottar Gjermundshaug's profile at Sports Reference.com
1925 births
1963 deaths
People from Alvdal
Nordic combined skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Norwegian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Sportspeople from Innlandet
20th-century Norwegian people
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