Reidar Ødegaard (24 November 1901 – 11 April 1972) was a Norwegian

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 ...

who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze in the 18 km event at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...

. He participated in the demonstration event,

military patrol Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was usually contested between countries or military units. The military patrol competition encompassed 25 kil ...

(precursor to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

), in the

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

References

External links

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Reidar Ødegaard at databaseOlympics
1901 births 1972 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics Norwegian military patrol (sport) runners Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic biathletes for Norway Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub