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3 unusual facts about nordic skiing


Christiania SK

Christiania Skiklub was a Norwegian Nordic skiing club, based in Oslo.

Skeid

It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy.

Ullern IF

Ullern IF or its predecessors have had sections (which are now defunct) for track and field, amateur boxing, amateur wrestling, gymnastics, judo, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing and tennis.


E.T. Seton Park

The park adjoins the Ontario Science Centre and contains an archery range, nordic skiing and equestrian trails as well as three firepits and plenty of paths for cycling and jogging.

Eva-Maria Gradwohl

Gradwohl later admitted to the media reports that she was heavily involved in a personal relationship with former Nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer, who had been banned by the International Olympic Committee for a blood-doping scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and also, for his alleged role in another doping scandal that rocked the Austrian national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

New Mexico State Road 4

Bandelier National Monument, with hiking and Nordic skiing trails to Frijoles Canyon, Cerro Grande (highest summit in the monument, at 10,199 feet), and the Tsankawi outlier reachable from trailheads at turnouts.

Robert Pehrson

Robert Pehrson was a Norwegian Nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen Medal in 1899 (Shared with Paul Braaten.)


see also

Big Thunder

Big Thunder National Training Center, a Nordic skiing center in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Hilkka Riihivuori

For her successes in Nordic skiing World Championships and at the Holmenkollen, Kuntola received the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Helena Takalo and Walter Steiner.).

Middlebury Panthers

In 2010, two Middlebury Alumni, Garrott Kuzzy '06 and Simi Hamilton '09, represented the United States in Nordic Skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Ski touring

At the heavier end of the Nordic skiing equipment spectrum lie Telemark skis for steep backcountry terrain or ski-area use.

Toini Gustafsson

For her successes in Nordic skiing and at the Holmenkollen, Gustafsson received the Holmenkollen medal in 1967 (Shared with Ole Ellefsæter).