Tom Sandberg
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | Individual | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1982 Oslo | 15 km individual | |
| Gold | 1984 Rovaniemi | 3 x 10 km team | |
| Silver | 1982 Oslo | 3 x 10 km team | |
Tom Sandberg (born August 6, 1955) is a former nordic combined skier from Mo, Norway who competed during the early 1980's.
During the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the 15 km individual event by 0.2 seconds over Konrad Winkler of East Germany. Sandberg also earned two medals in the team event at the world championships as well (gold: 1984, silver: 1982 - tied with Finland). His greatest year was 1984, when he became double Olympic champion and won the World Cup. Sandberg also won nine national championships during his career.
Sandberg also won the nordic combined event the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1974. Nine years later, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with Berit Aunli.).
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1948: Heikki Hasu * 1952: Simon Slåttvik * 1956: Sverre Stenersen * 1960: Georg Thoma *
1964: Tormod Knutsen * 1968: Franz Keller * 1972: Ulrich Wehling * 1976: Ulrich Wehling * 1980: Ulrich Wehling * 1984: Tom Sandberg * 1988: Hippolyt Kempf * 1992: Fabrice Guy * 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2002: Samppa Lajunen * 2006: Georg Hettich
1925: Otakar Německý * 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1927: Rudolf Burkert * 1929: Hans Vinjarengen * 1930: Hans Vinjarengen * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1933: Sven Selånger * 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1937: Sigurd Røen * 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken * 1939: Gustl Berauer * 1950: Heikki Hasu * 1954: Sverre Stenersen * 1958: Paavo Korhonen * 1962: Arne Larsen * 1966: Georg Thoma * 1970: Ladislav Rygl * 1974: Ulrich Wehling * 1978: Konrad Winkler * 1982: Tom Sandberg * 1985: Hermann Weinbuch * 1987: Torbjørn Løkken * 1989: Trond Einar Elden * 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1993: Kenji Ogiwara * 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1997: Kenji Ogiwara * 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2003: Ronny Ackermann * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007: Ronny Ackermann
(As 3 x 10 km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder & Konrad Winkler
1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth & Geir Andersen
1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz & Hermann Weinbuch
1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl & Thomas Müller
1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden
1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner & Klaus Sulzenbacher
1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 1995 Japan Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono
1997 Norway Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg
1999 Finland Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen
2001 Norway Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer
2003 Austria Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald
2005 Norway Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer
2007 Finland Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus, & Hannu Manninen
| Preceded by Johan Sætre |
Holmenkollen medal with Berit Aunli 1983 |
Succeeded by Lars-Erik Eriksen, Jacob Vaage, & Armin Kogler |
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