Johan Sætre (born 5 January 1952) is a Norwegian former

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 ...

Career

An active ski jumper in the 1970s and 1980s, he won ten Norwegian ski jumping championships (Normal hill: 1974–1977, 1979, and 1980; Large hill: 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1982). He is the most-winning ski jumper of all time in the Norwegian Championships, but individual success eluded him in major international championships. At the

1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, ...

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, Sætre won a gold in the team large hill competition. His best finish in an Olympic or World Cup competition was a win in 1981 at

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. Sætre earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1981.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

External links

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Holmenkollen medalists
- click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file

1952 births Holmenkollen medalists Living people Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics People from Trysil FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Skiers from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub