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About George Hovland
- George Hovland, Jr.
- (born June 10, 1926) is an American cross country skier who has been competing since the 1950s.
- He competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
- He is a four-time Central USSA four-event champion (jumping, cross-country, slalom, and downhill) He has completed every Birkebeiner with the exception of the first one.
- and has been the age group winner approximately ten times.
- He has been the age group champion for National Alpine NASTAR seven times and is the first non-European to complete the Swedish 90 kilometer Vasaloppet.
- Hovland is the founder of the Spirit Mountain Ski Area, Snowflake Nordic Ski Center in Duluth, Minnesota, and the Northshore Inline Marathon.
- He has also owned the following ski areas: Ski Kenwood (Duluth) and Mont du Lac (Wisconsin).
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