Ski Idrettslag is a

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alliance sports club from

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. It has sections for

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and

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. The club colors are yellow and blue.

General history

The club was founded as ''Ski TIF'' on 19 February 1919. In 1946 it incorporated the AIF club ''AIL Fremad''.

Athletics

It has been a prominent athletics club for many years. On national level, Ski athletes have taken national championship medals in all the kinds of events. The Ski IL athlete with the most national championships is Tormod Lislerud, who won the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

title in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. Olympian

Christina Vukicevic Ljubica Christina Vukicevic Demidov ( sr, Ljubica Kristina Vukićević, Љубица Кристина Вукићевић, ; born 18 June 1987) is a Norwegian former hurdler. She represented Ski IL, and was coached by her father Pet ...

has won the

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title six times since 2004, but only three times representing Ski. Her brother Vladimir Vukicevic won the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

in 2009. Olympic

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

champion Trine Solberg Hattestad represented the club in her early career, and won national titles for Ski in 1983, 1984 and 1985 before changing club. Trygve Stenerud became national

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

champion in 1952, and Ellen Aasum became

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champion in 1985. Olympic decathlete

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has a national silver medal in javelin throw from 2001. Stein Bjørlo was a

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silver medalist in 1969, and in 2007 Philip Bjørnå Berntsen (who later changed club) took a silver in 100 metres and bronze in 200 metres. Lise Margareth Jensen got a silver medal (1999) and two bronze in the 400 metres hurdles before changing club. Odd Stenerud took a

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

bronze in 1953, and Monica Ragna Matea Jensen took a

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

bronze in 2001. Olympic snowboarder

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has also competed for Ski, in her youth.

Football

The men's football team played in the First Division, the second tier of Norwegian football, as late as in 1993. After being relegated it had a stint in the

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until

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, when it succumbed to

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in a

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. It had tried to

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their own former youth player

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from

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team

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, but to no avail. Ahead of the 2001 season it cooperated with other clubs to form a new umbrella team in the region,

Follo FK Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Viken, Norway. Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final ...

, founded on 29 September 2000. It immediately won promotion to the Second Division, and currently plays in the First Division. Ski's men's team had to start anew, and currently plays in the Fourth Division. Follo uses Ski's home field Ski idrettspark. The attendance record for a Ski match is c.3000, recorded at a game in 1976 against

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Handball

In handball, Ski is mainly known through the name Fredensborg/Ski. In 1980, Ski IL's handball section cooperated with the handball section of

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-based team Fredensborg SBK. The team was successful, but won its last national title in 1985. In 1994 the handball sections of the two clubs formally created the new club Fredensborg/Ski HK, but it lasted only until 1997 when it fell apart for financial reasons. Ski later cooperated with four local teams to form the club Follo HK. The women's team plays in the Fourth Division. and the men´s team in the Third Division.Official NHF-table Third Division.
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Ice hockey

The men's ice hockey team played in the First Division, the second tier of Norwegian ice hockey, in the 2004–2005 season. In the 2009–2010 season it played in the Second Division, where placing quite lowly. The ice arena is named Ski ishall.

References

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