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Torbjørn Falkanger

1927 - 2013

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Torbjørn Falkanger (8 October 1927 in Trondheim – 16 July 2013) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Falkanger earned a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1949 and 1950). For his ski jumping efforts, Falkanger was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1952 (Shared with Stein Eriksen, Heikki Hasu and Nils Karlsson.) Falkanger also took the Olympic Oath at the 1952 games in Oslo. His career ended a few months ahead of the 1956 Winter Olympics, due to a fall in the ski jumping hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Torbjørn Falkanger is the 31st most popular skier (down from 25th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 211th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 31 out of 817. Before him are Gunnar Eriksson, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Alf Andersen, Marit Bjørgen, Marielle Goitschel, and Christl Cranz. After him are Kjetil André Aamodt, Lindsey Vonn, Émile Allais, Bojan Križaj, Bernhard Russi, and Laila Schou Nilsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 236. Before him are Pasquale Festa Campanile, Eva Bartok, Peter Dickinson, Sadako Ogata, Rachel Roberts, and Franco Donatoni. After him are William Hickey, Claudio Brook, Michael Gielen, Serge Lang, Pierre Granier-Deferre, and Thomas S. Monson. Among people deceased in 2013, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 235. Before him are Cayetano Ré, János Starker, Barry Jackson, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Domenico Bartolucci, and Rentarō Mikuni. After him are Eileen Brennan, Hennadiy Udovenko, George Duke, Martin Koeman, Otto Muehl, and Natalya Gorbanevskaya.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 242 out of 1,039. Before him are Marit Bjørgen (1980), Eva Joly (1943), Jacob Aall (1773), Colin Archer (1832), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), and Magne Furuholmen (1962). After him are Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Molla Mallory (1884), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 7. Before him are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Birger Ruud (1911), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Toralf Engan (1936), Alf Andersen (1906), and Marit Bjørgen (1980). After him are Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Tormod Knutsen (1932), Reidar Andersen (1911), Inger Aufles (1941), and Ivar Formo (1951).

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