Petter Hugsted (11 July 1921 – 16 May 2000) 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 won the gold medal in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Olympics.Petter Hugsted
IOC Hugsted won junior competition 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. His career was impeded during

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, when he was held in the Grini concentration camp during the German occupation of Norway. After the war he placed third at the Holmenkollen in 1947 and 1948, in the senior category. He won the ski jumping competition at

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in 1947 and the Open U.S. Championships in Salt Lake City in 1949. He retired in 1951 after finishing 13th at Holmenkollen. Besides skiing Hugsted played association football for the national B-team. He lived his whole life in Kongsberg, and devoted much energy to the creation and curatorship of the Kongsberg Skiing Museum, together with his friend and fellow ski jumper Birger Ruud.Petter Hugsted
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* * 1921 births 2000 deaths Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Norwegian men's footballers Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Grini concentration camp survivors Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics Kongsberg IF ski jumpers Skiers from Kongsberg Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub