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{{Short description|Norwegian former Nordic combined skier}}
{{for|the Norwegian photographer|Tom Sandberg (photographer)}}
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|name=Tom Sandberg
|image= Holmenkollen Ski Festival 1978 DEX PR 014100.jpg
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|caption= Tom Sandberg in March, 1978
|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|6 August 1955}}
|birth_place=[[Mo i Rana]], Norway
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|sport=[[Nordic combined]]
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|club= 	Mo Skilag 
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Nordic combined]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] | [[Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Individual]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1982 Oslo]] | 15 km individual }}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1984 Rovaniemi]] | 3 × 10 km team }}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Oslo | 3 × 10 km team }}
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'''Tom Sandberg''' (born 6 August 1955) is a former [[nordic combined]] skier from [[Mo i Rana]], [[Norway]] who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

During the [[1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], he won the 15&nbsp;km individual event by 0.2 seconds over [[Konrad Winkler (skier)|Konrad Winkler]] of [[East Germany]]. Sandberg also earned two medals in the team event at the world championships as well (gold: 1984, silver: 1982 – tied with [[Finland]]). His greatest year was 1984, when he became [[1984 Winter Olympics|Olympic]] champion and won the World Cup. Sandberg also won nine national championships during his career.

Sandberg also won the Nordic combined event the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] in 1974. Nine years later, he earned the [[Holmenkollen medal]] (Shared with [[Berit Aunli]].).

He has his education from the [[Norwegian School of Sport Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news |title=40 år og fortsatt full fart |last=Bugge |first=Mette |date=5 September 2008 |work=Aftenposten |page=20 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{FIS Nordic combined skier|53385}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:People from Rana, Norway]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen medalists]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners]]
[[Category:Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Norway]]
[[Category:FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners]]
[[Category:Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in Nordic combined]]
[[Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Skiers from Nordland]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen]]


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