Gunnar Andersen

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Template:Short description Template:For multi Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Gunnar Andersen (18 March 1890 – 25 April 1968) was a Norwegian footballer and ski jumper. In 1918 he became the first to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports.[1]

Football career

Andersen was a member of Lyn, and was capped 46 times for Norway,[2] the national record at the time. He participated in two Summer Olympics; Stockholm 1912 and Antwerpen 1920. Captaining the Norwegian football team in 1920, they beat Great Britain and Ireland.[3]

Skiing career

As a ski jumper Gunnar Andersen set a world record when he jumped Script error: No such module "convert". in Gustadbakken, Modum, 1912.[1] He represented Lyn here as well.

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
10 February 1907   Gustadbakken Geithus, Modum, Norway 41 135
1912   Gustadbakken Geithus, Modum, Norway 47.5 156

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References

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