Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a

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skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the

1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 took place 11–21 February 1987 in Oberstdorf, West Germany. Following the domination of the skating technique at the previous championships, the International Ski Federation (FIS) introduced separate c ...

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with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3×5 km team events. Løkken also competed at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

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, finishing sixth in the individual and fourth in the team events. He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988

Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987–88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989–90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete. He has his education from the

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. After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering

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and

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, having abused

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, pills and eventually

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for 15 years.Dagbladet: Drikking, piller, narkotika og kjøring i rus
(Norwegian)

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Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1963 births Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Living people FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined 20th-century Norwegian people {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub