Reidar Ødegaard (24 November 1901 – 11 April 1972) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze in the 18 km event at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

. He participated in the demonstration event,

military patrol Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or milit ...

(precursor to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

), in the

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

References

External links

* *
Reidar Ødegaard at databaseOlympics.com
(archived) 1901 births 1972 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics Norwegian military patrol (sport) runners Norwegian male cross-country skiers Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic biathletes for Norway Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub