Hilmar Arnold Myhra (4 June 1915 – 13 April 2013) 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 ...

who competed before

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. He won the opening competition of the hill

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in February 1936, and held the hill record of 85 meters for a few years. It was broken by Arnholdt Kongsgård in 1946. He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1938 Nordic World Ski Championships in

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, and finished sixth in the same event at the 1939 Nordic World Ski Championships in

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. Myhra also won the ski jumping event at the

Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March and has been arranged every ...

in 1940, the last winner of the event before Norway would be invaded by Germany during

.Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– Association for the Promotion of Skiing. Retrieved on 1 January 2009. He also became Norwegian champion that year. Besides skiing Myhra also played

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, during the summer, and a head injury sustained in a football match in August 1945 ended his sporting career.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Myhra, Hilmar 1915 births 2013 deaths Norwegian male ski jumpers Norwegian men's footballers Skiers from Kongsberg FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Kongsberg IF ski jumpers Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen