Simon Slåttvik

Simon Slåttvik
Slåttvik at the Holmenkollen in 1952
Personal information
Born24 July 1917
Valnesfjord, Norway
Died7 May 2001 (aged 83)
Lillehammer, Norway
Sport
SportNordic combined
ClubIL Stålkameratene
Medal record
Men's Nordic combined
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Oslo Individual
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Lake Placid Individual

Simon Kaurin Slåttvik (24 July 1917 – 7 May 2001) was a Norwegian skier. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Nordic combined and 18 km cross-country skiing and won the gold medal in the former event. Earlier he won a Nordic combined bronze medal at the 1950 World Championships. He won 14 Norwegian titles and was the first Nordic combined athlete to jump over 100 m. Slåttvik won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1948, 1950 and 1951, and was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1951.[1]

Slåttvik started competing in Nordic events aged 15. His career was delayed by World War II and peaked around 1950, when he was already in his thirties. After the 1952 Olympics he won a national title in 1953, placed fifth at the 1954 World Championships, and remained active through the late 1950s. Slåttvik was known for his relatively mild training regime, and would often smoke after a race. In the early 1950s he moved to Lillehammer, married and had two sons. He named one of them Heikki after his Finnish friend and long-term rival Heikki Hasu.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   18 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1952 34 15 — —

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1954 36 59 — — —

References

  1. ^ a b "Simon Slåttvik". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

External links

  • Media related to Simon Slåttvik at Wikimedia Commons
  • Simon Slaattvik 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)
Simon Slåttvik (left) and Erling Kroken at the 1952 Holmenkollen
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