Simon Kaurin Slåttvik (24 July 1917 – 7 May 2001) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

skier. He competed at the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

in the

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

and 18 km

cross-country skiing 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 ...

and won the gold medal in the former event. Earlier he won a Nordic combined bronze medal at the 1950 World Championships. He won 14 Norwegian titles and was the first Nordic combined athlete to jump over 100 m. Slåttvik won the Nordic combined event 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 1948, 1950 and 1951, and was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1951. Slåttvik started competing in Nordic events aged 15. His career was delayed by

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and peaked around 1950, when he was already in his thirties. After the 1952 Olympics he won a national title in 1953, placed fifth at the 1954 World Championships, and remained active through the late 1950s. Slåttvik was known for his relatively mild training regime, and would often smoke after a race. In the early 1950s he moved to Lillehammer, married and had two sons. He named one of them Heikki after his Finnish friend and long-term rival

Heikki Hasu Heikki Vihtori Hasu (born 21 March 1926) is a Finnish retired Nordic skier who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. Career He won a gold and a silver medal in the individual Nordic combined event, respectively, and a gold in the 4 × 10 ...

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

References

External links

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Holmenkollen medalists
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file Simon Slåttvik and Erling Kroken 1952

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slattvik, Simon 1917 births 2001 deaths Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics People from Fauske Sportspeople from Nordland