Mikal Kirkholt
{{short description|Norwegian cross-country skier}}
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{{MedalSilver | 1952 Oslo | 4 × 10 km relay}}
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Mikal Kirkholt (9 December 1920 – 28 June 2012) was a Norwegian cross-country skier.
He represented the club SK Troll. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo he finished twelfth in the 18 kilometres and won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/mikal-kirkholt-1.html Mikal Kirkholt's profile at Sports Reference.com] He retired after the Olympics, to marry and work in Sunndal Municipality, but later returned to live and work at the family farm in Rindal Municipality.{{cite news|title=Med OL-sølv fra Oslo 1952|last=Mollan|first=Aud|date=11 July 2012|work=Adresseavisen|page=27}}
Cross-country skiing results
=Olympic Games=
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
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! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 18 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 50 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 10 km | ||||
1952 | 27 | 12 | — | style="background:silver;"| Silver |
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Category:Norwegian male cross-country skiers
Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Category:Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Category:Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Category:Skiers from Møre og Romsdal
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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