Ragnar Omtvedt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ragnar Omtvedt

Olympic skier

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1890

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1975

Profession: ski jumper, Nordic combined skier, cross-country skier

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ragnar Omtvedt

  • Ragnar Omtvedt (18 March 1890–31 March 1975) was a Norwegian born, American Olympic skier. Ragnar Omtvedt was born in Oslo, Norway.
  • In 1912, he moved to the United States.
  • He was the US Ski Jumping Champion three times (1913, 1914 and 1917).
  • In his first year competing in the United States in 1913, he set a world record of 51.5 m (169 ft.) on Curry Hill in Ironwood, Michigan, USA.
  • In 1916, he set a ski jumping record at Steamboat Springs, Colorado where there is currently a restaurant named after him (Ragnar's).
  • He competed in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.
  • Ragnar was denied the opportunity to compete in ski jumping in the 1924 Olympics because a clerk forgot to submit his name to Olympic authorities.
  • Ragnar was injured in 1924 while jumping which caused nerve damage and ended his jumping career.
  • Ragnar was elected into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1957.
  • He died in Florida in 1975.

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