Reidar Andersen
{{short description|Norwegian ski jumper}}
{{moresources|date=October 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Reidar Andersen
| image = Reidar Andersen 989.jpeg
| caption = Photo of Reidar Andersen in 1936
| nationality = {{flag|Norway}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|4|20}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|12|15|1911|4|20}}
| birth_place = Ringerike, Norway
| death_place = Oslo, Norway
| personalbest = List of longest ski jumps#Men
Planica, King. of Yugoslavia
(15 March 1935)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's ski jumping}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze| 1936 Garmisch-Pa | Individual LH}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1930 Oslo| Individual LH}}
{{MedalSilver | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | Individual LH}}
{{MedalSilver | 1937 Chamonix | Individual LH}}
{{MedalBronze| 1936 Garmisch-Pa | Individual LH}}
}}
Reidar Andersen (20 April 1911 – 15 December 1991) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1930s.
Career
He won a ski jumping bronze at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In addition, he won ski jumping silver medals at the 1930, 1935, and 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
On 14 and 15 March 1935 he set a total of three world records (93, {{Abbr|98|98 or 99 metres. Not clear}} and 99 metres) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.{{cite web|title=V Planici že dosegli 93 metrsko znamko (page 7)|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-ME9A4AO0/361e3152-bf60-43c4-9b7a-ede766cdb736/PDF|publisher=Jutro|date=15 March 1935|language=sl}}{{cite web|title=Andersen: 99 m (page 2)|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-BQF97J2G/9db9ad68-cb82-48df-873e-04db7e6270d5/PDF|publisher=Slovenec|date=16 March 1935|language=sl}}
Andersen won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1936, 1937, and 1938, the only person to ever win this event three straight years.
In 1938, Andersen shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Johan R. Henriksen.
Ski jumping world records
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; line-height:16px; width:44%;"
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="100"|Date !style="background-color: #ccc;" width="162"|Hill !style="background-color: #ccc;" width="188"|Location !style="background-color: #ccc;" width="50"|Metres !style="background-color: #ccc;" width="50"|Feet |
| align=right|14 March 1935
| Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | align=center|93 | align=center|305 |
| align=right|15 March 1935
| Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | align=center|{{Abbr|98|98 or 99 metres. Not clear}} | align=center|{{Abbr|322|322 or 325 feet. Not clear}} |
| align=right|15 March 1935
| Bloudkova velikanka K106 | Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | align=center|99 | align=center|325 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIS ski jumper|1077}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
{{Holmenkollen medal}}
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Category:Ski jumpers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Holmenkollen medalists
Category:Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics