Paul Ottar Satre (September 9, 1908 – July 5, 1984) was an American ski jumper and

cross-country skier 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 ...

Paul Ottar Sætre was born at Trysil in Hedmark, Norway and emigrated to the United States. Between 1930 and 1935 he won 17 skiing meets. He competed in Nordic combined at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

. He was a brother of

Karl Magnus Satre Karl Magnus Satre (February 6, 1904 – January 14, 1955) was a Norwegian-born American skier. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1936. Karl Magnus Satre (né Sætre) was born at Trysil in Hedmark, Norway. He was a brother of Olym ...

. He retired from competitive skiing in 1950. He was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame during 1971. He died in Lakeville, CT during 1984.''Paul Ottar Satre'' (Connecticut Death Record Index)
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1908 births 1984 deaths People from Trysil Norwegian emigrants to the United States American male ski jumpers American male cross-country skiers American male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the United States Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub