Sigurd Overby (November 14, 1899 – April 12, 1979) was an American skier from

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. He was the American champion in cross-country skiing three times, first in 1916. He competed in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined at the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

. He was inducted into the U. S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1976.

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* 1899 births 1979 deaths Sportspeople from Wisconsin American male Nordic combined skiers American male cross-country skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub