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Petter Hugsted

1921 - 2000

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Petter Hugsted (11 July 1921 – 16 May 2000) was a Norwegian ski jumper who won the gold medal in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Olympics. Hugsted won junior competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940. His career was impeded during World War II, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petter Hugsted is the 1,145th most popular athlete (up from 1,172nd in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Norway (up from 404th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Petter Hugsted ranks 1,145 out of 6,025. Before him are Sven Fahlman, Ursula Donath, Annegret Richter, Khadr El-Touni, Charles King, and Halvard Hanevold. After him are Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Claudia Losch, Frank Hansen, Henri Dulieux, Joseph Pletincx, and Herbert Adamski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Petter Hugsted ranks 347. Before him are Liz Smith, Michel Bonnevie, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Richard Egan, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, and Pancho Segura. After him are Steve Allen, Kjell Rosén, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Spartaco Bandinelli, Diana Barrymore, and Egon Jönsson. Among people deceased in 2000, Petter Hugsted ranks 251. Before him are Kenneth Nichols, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Alfred Bohrmann, Beah Richards, Matija Ljubek, and Tofig Guliyev. After him are Steve Allen, Mildred Wiley, Audun Boysen, Jacques Laurent, Egon Jönsson, and Marjorie Noël.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Petter Hugsted ranks 369 out of 1,039. Before him are Abraham Berge (1851), Anita Thallaug (1938), Ole Østmo (1866), Peder Kolstad (1878), John Carew (1979), and Halvard Hanevold (1969). After him are Henry Johansen (1904), Frank Hansen (1945), Wenche Foss (1917), Finn Ronne (1899), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), and Vera Henriksen (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Petter Hugsted ranks 24. Before him are Tarjei Bø (1988), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Ole Østmo (1866), and Halvard Hanevold (1969). After him are Frank Hansen (1945), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), Pål Tyldum (1942), Audun Boysen (1929), Charles Mathiesen (1911), and Trine Hattestad (1966).

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