Sverre Malvin Stensheim (31 October 1933 – 22 January 2022) was a Norwegian
cross-country skier.
Career
He competed in the 30 km and 50 km events at the
1960
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Events
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and
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
with the best result of fifth place in the 50 km in 1964.
[ He won the 50 km race at the ]Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
It takes place in March ...
in 1959–1961, and in 1960 was awarded the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
He earned a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkolle ...
, Sixten Jernberg
Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten", (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within ...
, and Tormod Knutsen
Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, a ...
).[
Stensheim died on 22 January 2022 at the age of 88.Kollen-meisteren Sverre Stensheim er død]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
References
External links
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1933 births
2022 deaths
People from Oppdal
Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen medalists
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Norwegian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
Sportspeople from Trøndelag
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