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Espen Bredesen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1994 Lillehammer | Individual normal hill | |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Individual large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1993 Falun | Individual large hill | |
| Gold | 1993 Falun | Team large hill | |
Espen Bredesen (born February 2, 1968) is a former Norwegian ski jumper who represented Oppsal IL/Kollenhopp in Oslo.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the classical to the V-style just one month beforehand. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards. [1]
At the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, he won gold medals both in the team large hill and the individual large hill events. In the 1993/94 season, he won the Four Hills Tournament. He won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, and won a silver medal in the 1994 Ski-flying World Championships in Planica. Bredesen twice improved the world ski flying record with jumps of 209 meters (1994) and 210 meters (1997).
Bredesen also the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1993. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov).
- FIS Profile
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen * 1968: Jiří Raška * 1972: Yukio Kasaya * 1976: Hans-Georg Aschenbach * 1980: Toni Innauer * 1984: Jens Weissflog * 1988: Matti Nykänen * 1992: Ernst Vettori * 1994: Espen Bredesen * 1998: Jani Soininen * 2002: Simon Ammann * 2006: Lars Bystøl
1925: Willen Dick * 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams * 1927: Tore Edman * 1929: Sigmund Ruud * 1930: Gunnar Andersen * 1931: Birger Ruud * 1933: Marcel Reymond * 1934: Kristian Johansson * 1935: Birger Ruud * 1937: Birger Ruud * 1938: Asbjørn Ruud * 1939: Josef Bradl * 1950: Hans Bjørnstad * 1954: Matti Pietikäinen * 1958: Juhani Kärkinen * 1962: Helmut Recknagel * 1966: Bjørn Wirkola * 1970: Gariy Napalkov * 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach * 1978: Tapio Räisänen * 1982 Matti Nykänen * 1985 Per Bergerud * 1987: Andreas Felder * 1989: Jari Puikkonen * 1991: Franci Petek * 1993: Espen Bredesen * 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen * 1997: Masahiko Harada * 1999: Martin Schmitt * 2001: Martin Schmitt * 2003: Adam Małysz * 2005: Janne Ahonen * 2007: Simon Ammann
1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson
1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen
1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen
1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa
1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen
1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder
1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen
1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen
1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt
2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt
2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki
2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth
2007 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern
| Preceded by Emil Kvanlid |
Holmenkollen medal with Lyubov Yegorova & Vladimir Smirnov 1994 |
Succeeded by Kenji Ogiwara |
Categories: 1968 births | Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Norwegian ski jumpers | Olympic competitors for Norway | Ski jumping biography stubs | Norwegian winter sports biography stubs