Reidar Andersen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian ski jumper
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Place of Birth: Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
About Reidar Andersen
- Reidar Andersen (20 April 1911 – 15 December 1991) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1930s.
- He won a ski jumping bronze at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In addition, he won ski jumping silver medals at the 1930, 1935, and 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Andersen won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1936, 1937, and 1938, the only person to ever win this event three straight years.
- In 1938, Andersen shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Johan R.
- Henriksen.
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