Otto Aasen

{{Short description|Norwegian Nordic skier (1894–1983)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Otto Aasen

|image = Holmenkolrendet 1920 - no-nb digifoto 20140703 00040 NB NS NM 03912.jpg

|birth_date = 1 January 1894

|birth_place = Fåberg, Norway

|death_date = {{death date and age|20 October 1983|1 January 1894|df=yes}}

|death_place = Rjukan, Norway

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|medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's ski jumping }}

{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1926 Lahti | Individual large hill}}

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Otto Aasen (1 January 1894 – 20 October 1983) was a Norwegian Nordic skier.

He was born in Fåberg, but moved to Rjukan in 1916. He spent his working career at Norsk Hydro in Rjukan from 1916 to 1964.{{cite news |author=J.V. |title=Otto Aasen |date=28 October 1983 |work=Aftenposten}}

He won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1917 and 1918. For his Nordic combined victories, Aasen shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1919 with Thorleif Haug.[http://www.skiforeningen.no/content/download/13578/75476/file/Holmenkollmedaljen.pdf Holmenkollen medalists] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218034737/http://www.skiforeningen.no/content/download/13578/75476/file/Holmenkollmedaljen.pdf |date=18 December 2008 }} {{in lang|no}} Aasen also competed in ski jumping, and won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.{{FIS ski jumper|49}} He also competed in cross-country skiing on a national level.