Nordic Combined Skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics - Johan Grottumsbraten, Thorleif Haug, Anders Haugen, Verner Eklof, Xaver Affentranger (Paperback)

Chapters: Johan Grottumsbraten, Thorleif Haug, Anders Haugen, Verner Eklof, Xaver Affentranger, Thoralf Stromstad, Josef Bim, Andre Vandelle, Harald Okern, Axel-Herman Nilsson, Josef Adolf, Hans Eidenbenz. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Johan Grottumsbraten (12 February 1899 24 January 1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early-1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. In addition, he won three gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: In 1931 he won both the cross-country 18 km and Nordic combined, after winning the Nordic combined event earlier in 1926. Grottumsbraten is one of only four people to ever win the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event five times (1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, and 1931). In 1924, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Nordic combined athlete Harald Okern. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=320114