Reidar Andersen

Reidar Andersen
Photo of Reidar Andersen in 1936
Country	Norway
Born	(1911-04-20)20 April 1911 Ringerike, Norway
Died	15 December 1991(1991-12-15) (aged 80) Oslo, Norway
Personal best	99 m (325 ft) Planica, King. of Yugoslavia (15 March 1935)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Pa Individual LH World Championships 1930 Oslo Individual LH 1935 Vysoké Tatry Individual LH 1937 Chamonix Individual LH

Reidar Andersen (20 April 1911 – 15 December 1991) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1930s.

Career

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.

On 14 and 15 March 1935 he set a total of three world records (93, 98 and 99 metres) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1][2]

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.

Ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
14 March 1935	Bloudkova velikanka K106	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	93	305
15 March 1935	Bloudkova velikanka K106	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	98	322
15 March 1935	Bloudkova velikanka K106	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	99	325

References

1. "V Planici že dosegli 93 metrsko znamko (page 7)" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 15 March 1935.
2. "Andersen: 99 m (page 2)" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 16 March 1935.

External links

• Reidar Andersen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)