Arild Holm
{{Short description|Norwegian alpine skier (1942–2024)}}
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Arild Ragnar Holm (11 February 1942 – 27 February 2024) was a Norwegian alpine skier. Competing in all alpine disciplines, he won national titles in both downhill, giant slalom, slalom and combined in the 1960s, and represented Norway at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Born in Stjørdal Municipality on 11 February 1942, Holm represented the clubs Strømmen IF and Bærums SK.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Arild Holm |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=18 June 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Arild_Holm |language=no | access-date=25 June 2024}}
Career
Holm won fifteen national titles in alpine skiing from 1961 to 1965, and was awarded the Kongepokal trophy in 1962 and 1964. He won three slalom titles, five titles in giant slalom, three downhill titles, and four times the alpine combined.
He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he competed in downhill, slalom and giant slalom.{{cite web |title=Arild Holm |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/arild-holm-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034129/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/arild-holm-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=15 March 2011}}
From 1972 he was assigned as coach for the Norwegian Ski Federation, and worked 40 years for the federation, eventually responsible for education (courses).
Holm died on 27 February 2024, at the age of 82.{{cite news |title=En bauta i norsk alpint er gått bort |first=Egil |last=Stensrud |url=https://www.rablad.no/en-bauta-i-norsk-alpint-er-gatt-bort/s/5-90-413608 |newspaper=Rjukan Arbeiderblad |language=no |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=10 March 2024}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Stjørdal
Category:Norwegian male alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Norway
Category:Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Category:Skiers from Trøndelag
Category:Norwegian sports executives and administrators
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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