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Ole Ellefsæter

1939 - 2022

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Ole Martin Ellefsæter (15 February 1939 – 18 October 2022) was a Norwegian athlete. He mostly competed in cross-country skiing, and won two gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won one gold (4 × 10 km relay) and one silver (15 km) medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet. Competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase, he won six national championships in a row, from 1960 to 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Ellefsæter is the 338th most popular athlete (down from 162nd in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Norway (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ole Ellefsæter ranks 338 out of 6,025. Before him are Gunnar Sköld, Emerson, Edgar Aabye, Al Oerter, Ralph Rose, and John Geiger. After him are Quinn, Inessa Kravets, Al Lawrence, Evangelos Damaskos, Bo Lindman, and Truxtun Hare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ole Ellefsæter ranks 260. Before him are Telesphore Toppo, Vladimír Weiss, Valery Voronin, Valery Ryumin, Litokwa Tomeing, and Corin Redgrave. After him are Igor Chislenko, Jaime Paz Zamora, Phil Read, Samad Behrangi, João César Monteiro, and Edwin Frederick O'Brien. Among people deceased in 2022, Ole Ellefsæter ranks 236. Before him are Ivanka Khristova, Valery Ryumin, Ian McDonald, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Kálmán Mészöly, and Shahabuddin Ahmed. After him are Peter Lamborn Wilson, Olavo de Carvalho, Phil Read, Dragan Tomić, Maurice Karnaugh, and L. Q. Jones.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole Ellefsæter ranks 217 out of 1,039. Before him are Jens Munk (1579), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), and Belle Gunness (1859). After him are John Norum (1964), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Alf Prøysen (1914), and Harriet Bosse (1878).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Ole Ellefsæter ranks 7. Before him are Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1974), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Berit Mørdre (1940), Magnar Solberg (1937), Helge Løvland (1890), and Egil Danielsen (1933). After him are Harald Grønningen (1934), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and Sverre Stenersen (1926).

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