Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former

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Career

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level he won gold and silver medals at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

at Lillehammer. At the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

, he performed badly, coming last in the normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the

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technique to the

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just a month previously. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards.Athlete profile: Espen Bredesen

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At the

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, he won gold medals both in the team large hill and the individual large hill events. In the 1993/94 season, he won the

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. He won gold and silver medals at the

at Lillehammer, and won a silver medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1994 in

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. Bredesen twice beat the world

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record with jumps of 209 meters (1994) and 210 meters (1997). Bredesen also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1993. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov).

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Ski jumping world record

WR statement

Bredesen's statement after his first world record in Planica 1994 when he jumped 209m:

References

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Holmenkollen medalists
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Holmenkollen winners since 1892
- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{DEFAULTSORT:Bredesen, Espen 1968 births Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Living people Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic ski jumpers of Norway Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Skiers from Oslo Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics World record setters in ski flying 20th-century Norwegian people