Tommy Ingebrigtsen (born 8 August 1977) is a Norwegian former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed from 1993 to 2007, representing

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. He won the large hill competition at the 1995 Nordic World Ski Championships in

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, at the age of seventeen. Ingebrigtsen also competed in two

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, earning a bronze in the team large hill event at

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in 2006. He twice held the world distance record, both set in

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, with a jump of 219.5 metres on 20 March 1999 and 231 m on 20 March 2005. Tommy, himself a rock guitarist ( Arabs in Aspic), is the son of musician

Dag Ingebrigtsen Dag Ingebrigtsen (born 12 December 1958) is a Norwegian musician who had his debut in 1977 with the group Subway Suck. Ingebrigtsen was born in Trondheim, Norway. He got his breakthrough in 1980 with the rock band The Kids, who had the hit "For ...

Sports results

1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 took place 9–19 March 1995 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This marked the second time the separate championships (not part of Winter Olympics) were held outside Europe (the first was in the US towns ...

– Gold: Individual large hill * 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships- Silver: Individual normal hill, Bronze: Team large hill *

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

– Bronze: Team large hill

World Cup

Standings

Ski jumping world records

References

* , - 1977 births Living people Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics World record setters in ski flying Skiers from Trondheim {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub