Torbjørn Yggeseth (18 June 1934 – 10 January 2010) was a Norwegian
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 was active in the 1960s. He competed for Heggedal Idretsslag.
Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition 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 1963, the same year he earned the
Holmenkollen medal (shared with
Alevtina Kolchina
Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina (russian: Алевти́на Па́вловна Ко́лчина alternate spelling: Alevtina Koltsjina; 11 November 1930 – 1 March 2022) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for ...
,
Pavel Kolchin
Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin (sometimes spelled Pavel Koltsjin; russian: Павел Константинович Колчин; 9 January 1930 – 29 December 2010) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s, tr ...
, and
Astrid Sandvik
Astrid Sandvik (born 1 October 1939) is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian and 1958 Holmenkollen medalist Inger Bjørnbakken) in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo ...
). He also had two career victories. Competing in two
Winter Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the individual large hill event at
Squaw Valley in
1960
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Events
January
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. After retiring from competitions, Yggeseth had been involved in administrative roles inside the
FIS
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, including serving on its technical committee for ski jumping as chair from 1982 to 2004.
Yggeseth trained in the
United States Air Force
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as a pilot. He also created the
Ski Jumping World Cup
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internation ...
which first began in the 1979–80 season. He died of prostate cancer, aged 75.
Founder of ski-jumping World Cup dies
Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive (11 January 2010)
References
External links
ABCnyheter 10 January 2010 announcement of Yggseth's death.
– accessed 10 January 2010.
*
"Passing of Torbjørn Yggseth".
(13 January 2010 FIS
FIS or fis may refer to:
Science and technology
* '' Fis'', an ''E. Coli'' gene
* Fis phenomenon, a phenomenon in linguistics
* F♯ (musical note)
* Flight information service, an air traffic control service
* Frame Information Structure, a Se ...
article accessed 13 January 2010.)
Holmenkollen medalists
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
1934 births
2010 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Norway
Deaths from prostate cancer
Holmenkollen medalists
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Norwegian male ski jumpers
Olympic ski jumpers of Norway
Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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