Tom Sandberg (born 6 August 1955) is a former

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skier from

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who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. During the

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, he won the 15 km individual event by 0.2 seconds over Konrad Winkler of

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. Sandberg also earned two medals in the team event at the world championships as well (gold: 1984, silver: 1982 – tied with

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). His greatest year was 1984, when he became

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champion and won the World Cup. Sandberg also won nine national championships during his career. Sandberg also won the Nordic combined event the

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in 1974. Nine years later, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with

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.). He has his education from the

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Holmenkollen medalists
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Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1955 births People from Rana, Norway Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Nordland {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub