Ansten Samuelstuen (May 7, 1929 – August 18, 2012) was a Norwegian-born American

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who competed in the early 1960s.

Life and career

Ansten Samuelstuen was born in the Brøttum Church parish in

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county,

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. After immigrating to the

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in 1954, he won three national titles in ski jumping, (1957, 1961 and 1962) and held four North American titles (1954, 1955, 1957 and 1964). He became a U.S. citizen in 1957. Samuelstuen finished seventh in the individual large hill event at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

in Squaw Valley. His best career finish was 34th in an individual normal hill event in

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in 1963. He also competed in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...

Death

Samuelstuen died in

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on August 18, 2012, at the age of 83.Ansten Samuelstuen's obituary

Legacy

In 2009, he was entered into the

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of the United States.''Eight named to U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame'' (International Skiing History Association)
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* * * 1929 births 2012 deaths People from Ringsaker Norwegian emigrants to the United States American male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-skijumping-bio-stub