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Geir Andersen (born February 12, 1964) is a
Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...
nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
skier who competed from 1983 to 1989. He won three medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship ev ...
with one gold (1984: 3 x 10 km team) and two silvers (1985: 15 km individual, 3 x 10 km team). Andersen also finished 10th in the individual event at the
1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг� ...
in
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. He had six individual victories in his career from 1984 to 1985.


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* Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers 1964 births Living people Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Norway Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined 20th-century Norwegian people {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub