Ivar Formo

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Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s.

Career

He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay (1974, 1978). Formo also competed in orienteering, winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 world championships, where he also placed ninth in the individual contest.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1974 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=13 July 2017}}

He represented the club SFK Lyn. He won a number of awards for his accomplishments within sports, notably the Holmenkollen medal in 1975 (shared with Gerhard Grimmer and his good friend and rival Oddvar Brå) and Egebergs Ærespris in 1973.

In 1979 he was part of the Lyn Jukola orienteering relay winning team.

After retiring as an athlete he had a successful career as a businessman, and served as chairman of the cross-country committee (1983–1988) in the International Ski Federation.FIS Newsflash Edition 108. January 3, 2007. Formo earned an engineering degree, and was chairman of the board of Ignis at the time of his death.

Formo was found drowned in the lake Store Sandungen in Nordmarka, the forests surrounding Oslo. He had gone jogging and skating through the area and had most likely fallen through the ice.{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/tok-farvel-med-ivar-formo-1.1587829|title=Tok farvel med Ivar Formo|website=nrk.no|date=5 January 2007|language=no|access-date=10 February 2019}} He was survived by his two sons, and his partner during fifteen years, former orienteering competitor Wenche Jacobsen.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=17769&type=st-WC |title=FORMO Ivar |author= |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=7 January 2020}}

=Olympic Games=

4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

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! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 30 km

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1972

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1976

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=World Championships=

2 medals – (2 bronze)

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1974

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1978

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References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205040316/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FORMOIVA01 databaseOlympics.com profile on Formo] – Accessed December 27, 2006.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503103620/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1582190.ece Formo's death announced] – Accessed December 27, 2006 {{in lang|en}}.
[http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/vinter/article845478.ece Formo's death announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182059/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/vinter/article845478.ece |date=2007-09-27 }} – Accessed December 27, 2006 {{in lang|no}}.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020221535/http://www.fasterskier.com/training422.html Formo's training schedule in preparation for the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck] – Accessed December 27, 2006.
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}

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| title = Egebergs Ærespris

| before = Bjørn Wirkola

| after = Eystein Weltzien

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Category:1951 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics