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4 unusual facts about Nordic Combined


Armin Bauer

Armin Bauer (born June 15, 1990 in Bolzano) is an Italian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2005.

Combined

Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup is a Nordic combined competition organized yearly by FIS, representing the highest level in international competition for this sport.

Schanzen Einsiedeln

The Einsiedeln now hosts the World Cup of ski jumping the Summer Grand Prix competitions in both Ski jumping and Nordic combined every year.


Autrans

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, it hosted the biathlon, cross country skiing, Nordic combined, and the ski jumping normal hill events.

Béla Szepes

At the 1924 Winter Olympics he participated in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event and in the Nordic combined but did not finish either of the races.

Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park

The cross-country skiing, biathlon and cross country skiing part of the Nordic combined events were held there.

Jari Porttila

He focuses usually on skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, Formula One, and ice hockey, but is able to commentate on almost everything in sports.

Klaus Ofner

Klaus Ofner (born 15 June 1968) in Murau, Steiermark) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Satre Hill

In 2011, it was the site of the ski jumping portion of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Nordic Combined Junior Olympics, the first time this competition has been held in Salisbury.

Thorsten Schmitt

Thorsten Scmitt (born September 20, 1975 in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1998.

Trond-Arne Bredesen

Trond-Arne Bredesen (born February 4, 1967 in Gran, Oppland) is a Norwegian nordic combined from 1986 to 1991, representing Gran I.L. in Hadeland.

United States Nordic Combined Championships 2012

The United States Nordic Combined Championships 2012 took place on October 1, 2011 in Fox River Grove, Illinois.


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Bjørn Wirkola

He also competed at three Winter Olympics: in 1964 he finished eleventh in the Nordic combined, in 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he achieved his best finish with a fourth place in the individual normal hill, 0.6 points behind the bronze medalist Baldur Preiml of Austria, and the 1972 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the wind-ravaged event in the Okurayama large hill.

Bronisław Czech

Four years later, at the 1932 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, Czech was 7th in the Nordic combined, 12th in ski jumping and 18th in the 18 km cross-country event.

Eeti Nieminen

Nieminen also finished sixth in the Nordic combined event at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.

Georg Thoma

For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (Shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs.)

Gstrein

Josl Gstrein (born 1917), Austrian cross-country and Nordic combined skier

Gundersen

The Gundersen method, a method of competition in Nordic combined devised by Gunder Gundersen

Heikki Hasu

For his Nordic combined and cross country skiing successes, Hasu became the first Finn to be awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1952 (shared with Stein Eriksen, Torbjørn Falkanger, and Nils Karlsson.).

Jeandel

René Jeandel (born 1924), French cross-country and Nordic combined skier

Walter Jeandel (1918–2012), French cross-country and Nordic combined skier

John Bower

The other North American winners are fellow Americans Kerry Lynch (1983 Nordic combined event) and Todd Lodwick (1998 Nordic combined 7.5 km sprint event), and Canadian Pierre Harvey (1988 50 km cross country skiing event).

Jorma

Jorma Etelälahti (born 1951), former Finnish Nordic combined skier

Katie Koczynski

At the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 25, Koczynski's boyfriend, gold medal skier in the Nordic combined Bill Demong, proposed to her in front of teammates and coaches at the US team headquarters near Vancouver.

Kovařík

Josef Kovařík (born 1966), Czech-Czechoslovak Nordic combined skier

Ladislav Rygl

Ladislav Rygl, Jr. (born 1976), his son, who competed in Nordic combined from 1995 to 2006

Ladislav Rygl, Sr., who won the Nordic combined event at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry

Lars Dahlqvist

He finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Maslennikov

Sergey Maslennikov (born 1982), Russian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002

Miettinen

Rauno Miettinen (born 1949), former Finnish Nordic combined skier

Nurmsalu

Kaarel Nurmsalu (born 1991), an Estonian ski jumper and Nordic combined skier

Pekka Ristola

He finished fourth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Robert Makara

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he finished seventh in the Nordic combined event.

Sandrini

Domenico Sandrini (1883–1973) , Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper

Steamboat Ski Resort

Alvin P. Wegeman (* 1927), Nordic combined skier; helped to develop the Steamboat Springs area for skiing

Vermontville, New York

Bill Demong, an American Nordic combined skier who won the silver medal in the 15 km individual event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the gold medal in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, is from Vermontville.

Willy Bogner

Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier, participated in cross country skiing and Nordic combined