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Olaf Hoffsbakken

1908 - 1986

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Olaf Hoffsbakken (2 September 1908 – 23 November 1986) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two silver medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in both the Nordic combined and the 4 × 10 km relay. In addition, he won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaf Hoffsbakken has received more than 14,990 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Olaf Hoffsbakken is the 897th most popular athlete (down from 790th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Norway (down from 347th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Olaf Hoffsbakken ranks 897 out of 6,025. Before him are Marita Lange, Arnie Robinson, John Norton, Ivar Aronsson, Daniel Kinsey, and Gyula Török. After him are Hélène de Pourtalès, Peter Kirby, István Szondy, Jack Beresford, Jörg Lucke, and Désiré Beaurain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Olaf Hoffsbakken ranks 320. Before him are Yvette Cauchois, Pierre Graber, Buster Crabbe, Morris Kline, Karl Warner, and Miguel Otero Silva. After him are Pietro Pastore, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Abdulla Aliş, Birago Diop, Mary Welsh Hemingway, and Tauno Palo. Among people deceased in 1986, Olaf Hoffsbakken ranks 226. Before him are Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Enrique Tierno Galván, Volodymyr Pravyk, Samuel Zauber, Neerja Bhanot, and Ria Baran. After him are Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Dan Pagis, Paul Costello, Blanche Sweet, Mary Welsh Hemingway, and Robert A. Lovett.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Olaf Hoffsbakken ranks 364 out of 1,039. Before him are Paul Egede (1708), Lene Nystrøm (1973), Charles Mathiesen (1911), Nils Eriksen (1911), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), and Anders Haugen (1888). After him are Sverre Hassel (1876), Reidar Liaklev (1917), Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), John Carew (1979), and Rolf Holmberg (1914).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Olaf Hoffsbakken ranks 23. Before him are Gjermund Eggen (1941), Tom Sandberg (1955), Oskar Olsen (1897), Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (1961), Sverre Stenersen (1926), and Charles Mathiesen (1911). After him are Reidar Liaklev (1917), Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), Audun Boysen (1929), Frank Hansen (1945), and Tore Berger (1944).

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