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Tormod Knutsen

1932 - 2021

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Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, and in 1960, he received the Norwegian Holmenkollen Medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tormod Knutsen is the 39th most popular skier (up from 47th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Norway (down from 258th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Tormod Knutsen ranks 39 out of 817Before him are Lindsey Vonn, Émile Allais, Bojan Križaj, Bernhard Russi, Laila Schou Nilsen, and Madeleine Berthod. After him are Antti Hyvärinen, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Baldur Preiml, Alevtina Kolchina, Galina Kulakova, and Vreni Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tormod Knutsen ranks 283Before him are Antonio Roma, Hisashi Owada, Paul J. Weitz, László Sárosi, József Csermák, and Edgar Reitz. After him are Luis Ayala, Medea Abrahamyan, Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, Imre Polyák, and Sven Lindqvist. Among people deceased in 2021, Tormod Knutsen ranks 303Before him are Verónica Forqué, Christa Stubnick, Bunny Wailer, Carlos Marín, Cristóbal Halffter, and Peter Swan. After him are Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jaime Lerner, Medea Abrahamyan, R. Murray Schafer, Agustín Balbuena, and Pat Martino.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Tormod Knutsen ranks 265 out of 1,039Before him are Martinus Rørbye (1803), Knut Nystedt (1915), Grete Waitz (1953), Per Borten (1913), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and John Arne Riise (1980). After him are Vicky Vette (1965), Johan Ferner (1927), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Adolph Tidemand (1814), and Gunnar Knudsen (1848).

Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Tormod Knutsen ranks 10Before him are Toralf Engan (1936), Alf Andersen (1906), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), and Laila Schou Nilsen (1919). After him are Reidar Andersen (1911), Inger Aufles (1941), Ivar Formo (1951), Sigmund Ruud (1907), Vegard Ulvang (1963), and Torgeir Brandtzæg (1941).