Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian

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and 2018 team Olympic champion.

Career

Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his

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debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in

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. His first individual world cup victory was in

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on 12 March 2016. In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (

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Daniel-André Tande Daniel-André Tande (; born 24 January 1994) is a Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Tande's first World Cup start was in Bad Mitterndorf on 11 January 2014. On 25 November 2015, he achiev ...

, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (

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FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Individual starts (226)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forfang, Johann Andre 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Tromsø Skiers from Troms Norwegian male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in ski jumping 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen European Games competitors for Norway Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games