Halvor Næs

{{short description|Norwegian former ski jumper (1928–2022)}}

Halvor Næs (19 April 1928 – 13 October 2022) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. His only victory was in 1953 and he finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He was born in Trysil Municipality. Næs was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Georg Thoma). Næs died in Trysil on 13 October 2022, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Halvor Næs |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95941 |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 October 2022}}

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  • {{FIS ski jumper|42500|Halvor Naes}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
  • {{SR/Olympics profile|na/halvor-naes-1}}

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Category:1928 births

Category:2022 deaths

Category:Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Category:Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Category:Holmenkollen medalists

Category:Norwegian male ski jumpers

Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Norway

Category:People from Trysil

Category:Skiers from Innlandet

Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen

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