Petter Hugsted
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ski jumping | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1948 St. Moritz | Individual Large Hill | |
Petter Hugsted (July 11, 1921 - May 19, 2000) was a champion Norwegian ski jumper. Born in Kongsberg, he won the Olympic gold medal in Ski Jumping in 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz. This was impressive, especially after being held in the Grini concentration camp during the German occupation of Norway. He was also an excellent soccer player and was the captain of the Norwegian B-National soccer team.
[edit] Other awards
Gold medal at the Ski Jumping competition at Lahti, Finland in 1947.
Silver medal in the 1940 and third place finish in 1947 and 1948 ski jump competitions at the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo.
Champion of the United States National Ski Jumping Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1949.
Later in life, Petter Hugsted, with his friend Birger Ruud, devoted much energy to the creation and curatorship of the Kongsberg Skiing Museum.
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1924: Jacob Tullin Thams * 1928: Alf Andersen * 1932: Birger Ruud * 1936: Birger Ruud * 1948: Petter Hugsted * 1952: Arnfinn Bergmann * 1956: Antti Hyvärinen * 1960: Helmut Recknagel * 1964: Toralf Engan * 1968: Vladimir Belussov * 1972: Wojciech Fortuna * 1976: Karl Schnabl * 1980: Jouko Törmänen * 1984: Matti Nykänen * 1988: Matti Nykänen * 1992: Toni Nieminen * 1994: Jens Weissflog * 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki * 2002: Simon Ammann * 2006: Thomas Morgenstern
