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Toralf Engan

1936 - Today

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Toralf Engan (born 1 October 1936) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1964 Winter Olympics he won the large hill and placed second in the new normal hill event. His other victories include the Four Hills Tournament, which he had won the preceding season, as well as the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the individual normal hill (the first ever in that event). Engan won the ski jumping normal hill event at the 1962 Holmenkollen ski festival, the same year he won the Holmenkollen medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toralf Engan is the 24th most popular skier (down from 22nd in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Norway (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Toralf Engan ranks 24 out of 817. Before him are Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, Hanni Wenzel, Juha Mieto, Bjørn Wirkola, and Karl Schranz. After him are Gunnar Eriksson, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Alf Andersen, Marit Bjørgen, Marielle Goitschel, and Christl Cranz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Toralf Engan ranks 276. Before him are Marion Chesney, Walter Lewin, Henck Arron, Edward Feigenbaum, Antonin Scalia, and Feliciano Rivilla. After him are Jan Němec, Stanislav Govorukhin, Jan Tříska, Anton Allemann, Edvard Radzinsky, and Saburō Kawabuchi.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Toralf Engan ranks 227 out of 1,039. Before him are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Alf Prøysen (1914), Harriet Bosse (1878), Niels Juel (1629), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), and Helmer Hanssen (1870). After him are Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Nina Grieg (1845), Nora Brockstedt (1923), and Harald Grønningen (1934).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Toralf Engan ranks 4. Before him are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Birger Ruud (1911), and Bjørn Wirkola (1943). After him are Alf Andersen (1906), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Tormod Knutsen (1932), Reidar Andersen (1911), and Inger Aufles (1941).

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