Ivar Formo

Norwegian orienteer
Ivar Formo
Ivar Formo in January, 1973
Personal information
Born24 June 1951 (1951-06-24)
Oslo, Norway
Died26 December 2006 (2006-12-27) (aged 55)
Nordmarka, Oslo, Norway
Life partnerWenche Jacobsen
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Innsbruck 50 km
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo 15 km
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Falun 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay
Men's orienteering
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Silkeborg Relay

Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s.

Career

He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay (1974, 1978). Formo also competed in orienteering, winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 world championships, where he also placed ninth in the individual contest.[1]

He represented the club SFK Lyn. He won a number of awards for his accomplishments within sports, notably the Holmenkollen medal in 1975 (shared with Gerhard Grimmer and his good friend and rival Oddvar Brå) and Egebergs Ærespris in 1973.

In 1979 he was part of the Lyn Jukola orienteering relay winning team.

After retiring as an athlete he had a successful career as a businessman, and served as chairman of the cross-country committee (1983–1988) in the International Ski Federation.[2] Formo earned an engineering degree, and was chairman of the board of Ignis at the time of his death.

Formo was found drowned in the lake Store Sandungen in Nordmarka, the forests surrounding Oslo. He had gone jogging and skating through the area and had most likely fallen through the ice.[3] He was survived by his two sons, and his partner during fifteen years, former orienteering competitor Wenche Jacobsen.[3]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

  • 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1972 20 Bronze Silver
1976 24 5 11 Gold Silver

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (2 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1974 22 6 16 12 Bronze
1978 26 14 Bronze

References

  1. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1974". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ FIS Newsflash Edition 108. January 3, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Tok farvel med Ivar Formo". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 5 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ "FORMO Ivar". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

  • databaseOlympics.com profile on Formo – Accessed December 27, 2006.
  • Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in English).
  • Formo's death announced Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in Norwegian).
  • Formo's training schedule in preparation for the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – Accessed December 27, 2006.
  • Ivar Formo at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  • Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Preceded by Egebergs Ærespris
1973
Succeeded by
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