Kirkenes
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) is a
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gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. He has retired from international and Olympic competition. At the opening ceremony of the
1994 Winter Olympic Games
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, he took the ceremonial
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on part of all the athletes. In addition to his Olympic achievements, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1991 (shared with
Trond Einar Elden
Trond Einar Elden (born 21 February 1970) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier who represented Namdalseid I.L. in Trondheim. He competed at three Winter Olympics.
At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he became the yo ...
,
Ernst Vettori
Ernst Vettori (born 25 June 1964) is an Austrian former ski jumper.
Career
He won the Four Hills Tournament twice (1985/1986 and 1986/1987). At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he won gold from the normal hill, and silver in the team competition.
Vet ...
, and
Jens Weißflog
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), and won the
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in 1990. He has also won nine gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the Norwegian Championships. He earned nine World Cup race victories. Ulvang also won the 50 km at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
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It takes place in March ...
in 1989, 1991 and 1992.
After retiring from professional skiing, he started his own clothing line which has made him a multimillionaire.
On 25 May 2006 Ulvang was named chairman of the executive board of the
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's (FIS) cross-country committee, taking over from Peter Petriček of
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, who decided to step down after four years in the job. Ulvang was given the position without election after the board of the FIS decided unanimously that Ulvang was the best man for the job.
Ulvang is also a part of Norwegian TV 2's television travel-series '' Gutta på tur'', together with fellow skier
Bjørn Dæhlie
Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Olym ...
Arne Brimi
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Tour de Ski
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* 9 victories
* 23 podiums
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.