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Thorleif Haug
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Personal information
Born28 September 1894
Vivelstad, Lier, Norway
Died12 December 1934 (aged 40)
Drammen, Norway
Sport
SportNordic skiing
ClubDrafn, Drammen

Medal record















Representing  Norway

Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1924 Chamonix
Cross country 18 km
Gold medal – first place1924 Chamonix
Cross country 50 km
Gold medal – first place1924 Chamonix
Nordic combined
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1926 LahtiNordic combined

Thorleif Haug (28 September 1894 – 12 December 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country.[1] At the 1924 Olympics he won all three Nordic skiing events (18 km, 50 km and combined). He was also awarded the bronze medal in ski jumping, but 50 years later a mistake was found in calculation of scores, Haug was demoted to fourth place, and his daughter presented her father's medal to Anders Haugen.[2]




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Legacy


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Biography[edit]


Thorleif Haug was born in Vivelstad, a narrow valley between the Lier Lier, Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway. he was raised on the Årkvisla farm.[3]


Dominating Nordic combined and cross-country skiing events during the 1920s, he won three gold medals in the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix and was fourth in ski jumping. 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. Haug represented his club, SBK Drafn, Drammen.



Legacy[edit]


In 1946, a statue of Thorleif Haug by Norwegian sculptor Per Palle Storm was erected in Drammen. A road in the Voksenkollen area in Oslo was named after Haug during 1952. Since 1966, his skiing club has held a Memorial Race in his name (Thorleif Haugs Minneløp) as a part of the Thorleif Haug Ski Festival (Thorleif Haug Skifestival). The race runs from Geithus to Drammen, encompassing Haug's home at Årkvisla. Drammen has an illuminated track along Bragernesåsen named Thorleif Haug's way. Thorleif Haug Lodge was officially established 21 January 1984, as the fifth lodge of the Sons of Norway in Norway.[4][5]



References[edit]




  1. ^ Thorleif Haug (Rolf Bryhn, Store norske leksikon)


  2. ^ Thorleif Haug. sports-reference.com


  3. ^ Thorleif Haug Per Jorsett. Norsk biografisk leksikon


  4. ^ Thorleif Haug Lodge (Sons of Norway) Archived 9 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine


  5. ^ Thorleif Haug biography (nevasport.com) Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine




External links[edit]





  • Thorleif Haug at the International Ski Federation. Cross-country profile


  • Thorleif Haug at the International Ski Federation. Nordic combined profile


  • Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)


  • Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

  • Thorleif Haug Skifestival













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