Thorleif Haug
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1924 Chamonix | Cross country 18 km | |
| Gold | 1924 Chamonix | Cross country 50 km | |
| Gold | 1924 Chamonix | Nordic combined | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1926 Lahti | Nordic combined | |
Thorleif Haug (September 28, 1894 - December 12, 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s, he won three gold medals in the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix. In addition, he won the 50 kilometres cross-country event at the Holmenkollen ski festival a record six times (1918-1921, 1923-1924) and the Nordic combined three times (1919-21). Haug shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1919 with fellow Norwegian Otto Aasen.
Haug also won a silver in the nordic combined at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
He was born in Lier, and represented Drafn in Drammen. His club has since 1966 held a Memorial Race in his name (Thorleif Haugs Minneløp). The race runs from Geithus to Drammen, encompassing Haug's home at Årkvisla.
[edit] External links
- FIS Cross-country profile
- FIS Nordic combined profile
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
As 18 km - 1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1932: Sven Utterström * 1936: Erik August Larsson * 1948: Martin Lundström * 1952: Hallgeir Brenden
As 15 km - 1956: Hallgeir Brenden * 1960: Håkon Brusveen * 1964: Eero Mäntyranta * 1968: Harald Grønningen * 1972: Sven-Åke Lundbäck * 1976: Nikolay Bazhukov * 1980: Thomas Wassberg * 1984: Gunde Svan * 1988: Mikhail Devyatyarov * 2002: Andrus Veerpalu * 2006: Andrus Veerpalu
1924: Thorleif Haug * 1928: Per Erik Hedlund * 1932: Veli Saarinen * 1936: Elis Wiklund * 1948: Nils Karlsson * 1952: Veikko Hakulinen * 1956: Sixten Jernberg * 1960: Kalevi Hämäläinen * 1964: Sixten Jernberg * 1968: Ole Ellefsæter * 1972: Pål Tyldum * 1976: Ivar Formo * 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov * 1984: Thomas Wassberg * 1988: Gunde Svan * 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie * 1994: Vladimir Smirnov * 1998: Bjørn Dæhlie * 2002: Mikhail Ivanov * 2006: Giorgio Di Centa
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
| Preceded by Hans Horn & Jørgen Hansen |
Holmenkollen medal with Otto Aasen 1919 |
Succeeded by Thoralf Strømstad |
