Johan Grøttumsbråten
 Grøttumsbråten at the 1931 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 February 1899 Sørkedalen, Sweden-Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1983 (aged 83) Vestre Aker, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Nordic skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | IL i BUL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johan Hagbart Pedersen Grøttumsbraaten (24 February 1899 – 24 January 1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two entrants to win two gold medalists from St. Moritz, was the most successful athlete there, along with Clas Thunberg of Finland. He previously won three medals (one silver, two bronzes) at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924, and went on to defend his Olympic title in Nordic Combined Skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics.[1]
In addition, he won three gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: In 1931 he won both the cross-country 18 km and Nordic combined, after winning the Nordic combined event earlier in 1926.
Grøttumsbråten is one of only four people to ever win the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event five times (1923, 1926, 1928, 1929 and 1931). In 1924, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Nordic combined athlete Harald Økern.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km |
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| 1924 | 25 | Silver | Bronze |
| 1928 | 29 | Gold | — |
| 1932 | 33 | 6 | — |
World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km |
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| 1931 | 32 | Gold | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johan Grøttumsbråten". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010.
- ^ "GROETTUMSBRAATEN Johan". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Bø, Olav (1999). Johan Grøttumsbråten. Skikonge og motstandsmann (in Norwegian).
External links
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- Johan Groettumsbraaten at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (cross-country)
- Johan Groettumsbraaten at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (Nordic combined)
- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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- 1899 births
- 1983 deaths
- Norwegian male cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
- Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics