Bjarte Engen Vik (born 3 March 1971 in

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) is a

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former

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athlete. He won the FIS World Cup overall twice, in 1997/98 and 1998/99 with a total of 24 wins. He also has eight medals from the

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with five golds (1997: 4 x 5 km team, 1999: 15 km individual, 7.5 km sprint, 2001: 15 km individual, 4 x 5 km team), and three silvers (1995: 4 x 5 km team, 1997: 15 km individual, 1999: 4 x 5 km team). He also won a bronze medal in the Norwegian championship in

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. His consecutive wins in the Individual Gundersen at the Nordic skiing World Championships in 1999 and 2001 were the first since

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did it in 1934 and 1935. Vik also found great success at the

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, winning the Nordic combined individual event five times (1996–2000), becoming one of only four athletes to do so (

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, and

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are the others.). He also won the Nordic combined 7.5 km sprint event at the festival twice (1997, 2000). Vik's seven career wins at the Holmenkollen are the most among any competitor in Nordic combined. Vik received the Holmenkollen medal in 1997 (shared with

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and

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References

* * - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file * - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{DEFAULTSORT:Vik, Bjarte Engen 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Tromsø Olympic gold medalists for Norway Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics