Rolf Monsen (January 8, 1899 – April 28, 1987) was an American Olympic skier. Rolf Monsen was born in Oslo, Norway. He competed in ski jumping,

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, and Nordic combined. He was a member of three U.S. Olympic teams, 1928, 1932 and 1936. His best Olympic result was at the

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, where he placed sixth in ski jumping. Although unable to compete due to an injury, he was chosen to be the U.S. Team flag bearer at the 1936 Olympic Games. During World War II, he worked with the United States Department of Defense to help train Ski Troops at the

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. He later helped to promote skiing as at the

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in Warren, Vermont. He was elected to the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1964.''Rolf Monson'' (National Ski Hall of Fame)
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*Baumgardner, Randy W. (1998) ''10th Mountain Division''(Turner Publishing Company) *Feuer, A.B. (2006) ''Packs On!: Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II'' (Stackpole Books) *Pushies, Fred (2008) ''10th Mountain Division Zenith Press)'' *Shelton, Peter (2003) ''Climb to Conquer: The Untold Story of WWII's 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops'' (Scribner) 1899 births 1987 deaths Norwegian emigrants to the United States American male ski jumpers American male cross-country skiers American male Nordic combined skiers Olympic ski jumpers for the United States Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub