Alf Steen Andersen (15 May 1906 – 12 April 1975) was a Norwegian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

. He was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

, but represented the Oslo clubs Sandaker, Skeid and

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. He won the gold medal in the individual large hill at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

. He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the

1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1935 took place February 13–18, 1935 in Vysoké Tatry (town), Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia. Men's cross country 18 km February 15, 1935 50 km February 17, 1935 4 × 10 km relay February 18, 19 ...

Vysoké Tatry Vysoké Tatry (; , ; , ; , ), formally Mesto Vysoké Tatry () is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that region. It was created in 1990, and its official name from 1990 to 1999 was ...

. He died in 1975 in

Frogn Frogn is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Follo, Norway, Follo Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of cities ...

References

1906 births 1975 deaths Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Skiers from Drammen {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub