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Tom Sandberg

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Tom Sandberg (born 6 August 1955) is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana, Norway who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. During the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the 15 km individual event by 0.2 seconds over Konrad Winkler of East Germany. Sandberg also earned two medals in the team event at the world championships as well (gold: 1984, silver: 1982 – tied with Finland). His greatest year was 1984, when he became Olympic champion and won the World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Sandberg is the 754th most popular athlete (down from 694th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Norway (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tom Sandberg ranks 754 out of 6,025. Before him are Väinö Siikaniemi, Martti Marttelin, Jaroslav Holík, Tony Madigan, John Exley, and Jacques Noël. After him are Yngvar Bryn, René Barbier, Édouard Artigas, Charles Austin, John Miller, and Veniamin Soldatenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Tom Sandberg ranks 290. Before him are Bruno Pezzey, Irina Khakamada, Lee Smolin, Steven Culp, Petr Aven, and Ringo Lam. After him are Philip Hammond, Giannina Facio, Ünal Üstel, Christian Gourcuff, Janice Dickinson, and Khoren Oganesian.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Tom Sandberg ranks 312 out of 1,039. Before him are Hulda Garborg (1862), Hakon Barfod (1926), Jon Ola Sand (1961), Otto Sinding (1842), Martin Ødegaard (1998), and Isak Abrahamsen (1891). After him are Yngvar Bryn (1881), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Petter Solberg (1974), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Olve Eikemo (1973), and Skule Bårdsson (1189).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Tom Sandberg ranks 15. Before him are Simon Slåttvik (1917), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), Steinar Amundsen (1945), Sverre Stenersen (1926), and Hakon Barfod (1926). After him are Yngvar Bryn (1881), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Tarjei Bø (1988), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), and Ferdinand Bie (1888).

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