Geilo Idrettslag is a multi-sports club from

Geilo is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Viken (county), Viken county, Norway. Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, with around 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the valley of Hallingdal, 250 km from Oslo and 260 km from Bergen, N ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Established on 2 December 1917 as ''Gjeilo SK'', it changed its name to ''Gjeilo IL'' on 19 May 1918 and later to ''Geilo IL''. It has sections for alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, skiing and biathlon, snowboarding,

telemark skiing Telemark skiing is a skiing technique that combines elements of Alpine and Nordic skiing, using the rear foot to keep balance while pushing on the front foot to create a carving turn on downhill skis with toe-only bindings. Telemark skiing is n ...

, football, handball and cycling. It arranges Skarverennet. Well-known club members include alpine skiers Jeanette Lunde and

Asle Sjåstad Asle Sjåstad (6 January 1930 – 22 May 2009) was a Norwegian alpine skier. He took eight national championships between 1955 and 1960, representing the club Geilo IL. He finished fifth at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1956, and at ...

, and snowboarder Joachim Havikhagen.

References

Official site

Geilo Idrettspark - Nordic Stadiums
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