Oddmund Jensen

{{short description|Norwegian cross-country skier and coach}}

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Oddmund Ingvald Jensen (26 September 1928 – 6 March 2011) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and coach.

He was born in Sørfold Municipality, but represented Alvdal IL. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in 30 and 50 km, and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/oddmund-jensen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033943/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/oddmund-jensen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Oddmund Jensen |publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=23 June 2010}} He was Norwegian champion in 50 km in 1959.

He was head coach for the Norwegian men's cross country national team from 1964 to 1978. He was responsible for the ski tracks at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Oddmund Jensen |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Oddmund_Jensen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=23 June 2010 }}

Jensen died on 6 March 2011 at the age of 82.{{cite news|last=Hjellen|first=Bjørnar|title=Tidligere rikstrener Jensen er død|url=http://www.nrk.no/sport/langrenn/1.7537175|accessdate=6 March 2011|newspaper=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|date=6 March 2011|language=Norwegian}}[http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=5580&tp=n#.VIV82UvF9BU Norway's everlasting trainer Oddmund Jensen dies]