Sigurd Pettersen (born 28 February 1980) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. His greatest achievement is winning the 2003–04 Four Hills Tournament, with wins in Oberstdorf,

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and

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. Pettersen also won two bronze medals in the team large hill events at the

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(2003, 2005) and had his best individual finish of 10th in the 2005 event. He won a gold medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004. Pettersen's best individual finish at the

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was 24th in the individual large hill at

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in 2006. He also has six individual career victories, all in the large hill, from 2002 to 2004. Pettersen's own ski club is ''Rollag og Veggli'' in

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, Norway. He has his education from the

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Honours

* Four Hills Tournament champion: 2003/2004

References

* 1980 births Living people Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Norway People from Buskerud Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Sportspeople from Viken (county) 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub