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He won four national championships, and in 1960, he received the Norwegian Holmenkollen Medal.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsSports career[edit]Personal life[edit]Nordic combined results[edit]Olympic Games[edit]World Championship[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Sports career[edit]  Olga, Audun and Tormod Knutsen in 1964Knutsen started as a ski jumper, winning the national junior titles in 1949 and 1951.[1] He failed to qualify for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, after which he considered taking up Nordic combined skiing.[2] Whilst completing military service, he met Nordic combined skiers Gunder Gundersen and Sverre Stenersen, who encouraged him to take up the event.[2] Knutsen won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined event at the 1955 national championships.[1] He was selected for the 1956 Winter Olympics as a substitute, and was included to the main team two days before the event due to an injury of Gunder Gundersen; Knutsen placed sixth.[1][2] He was the third best placed Norwegian in the event, behind Stenersen and Arne Barhaugen.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In 1958, Knutsen won Nordic combined in the Holmenkollen Ski Festival;[1][3] he was the only Norwegian to win an event.[2] That year, he also came 9th at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958.[4] He won the national titles in 1959 and 1960.[1] In 1960, he also placed second in ski jumping at the national championships.[1] He was a favourite for the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics, and finished second to Georg Thoma.[1] After placing fourth at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962, he won the national title in 1963 and 1964.[1] Knutsen won a gold medal in the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[2] He had been in second place, behind Thoma, after the ski jumping phase of the event.[5] It was Norway’s first gold medal of the Games.[6] Later in the year, Knutsen finished sixth at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival,[1] and he retired at the end of the 1964 season.[1] In 1964, he wrote an autobiography I hopp og l\u00f8ype (In jumps and trails).[7]Knutsen received the Holmenkollen Medal in 1960, shared with Helmut Recknagel, Sixten Jernberg and Sverre Stensheim.[8]Personal life[edit]Knutsen was born in Eidsvoll on 7 January 1932. He represented the club Eidsvold V\u00e6rks Skiklub.[9]He died in Eidsvoll on 23 February 2021.[9][10] His death was announced by his son Audun Knutsen.[11]Nordic combined results[edit]Results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS),[12] unless indicated otherwise.Olympic Games[edit]World Championship[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Until 19001900\u201319501901: Aksel Refstad (NOR)1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)1904: Harald Smith (NOR)1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)1907: Per Bakken1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)1909: Thorvald Hansen1910: Lauritz Bergendahl1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)1915: Sverre \u00d8stbye (NOR)1916: Lars H\u00f8gvold (NOR)1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), J\u00f8rgen Hansen (NOR)1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)1923: Thoralf Str\u00f8mstad (NOR)1924: Harald \u00d8kern (NOR), Johan Gr\u00f8ttumsbr\u00e5ten (NOR)1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)1926: Jacob Tullin Thams1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)1934: Oddbj\u00f8rn Hagen (NOR)1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)1939: Sven Sel\u00e5nger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)1940: Oscar Gj\u00f8slien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)1947: Elling R\u00f8nes (NOR)1948: Asbj\u00f8rn Ruud (NOR)1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)1950: Olav \u00d8kern (NOR)1951\u201320001951: Simon Sl\u00e5ttvik (NOR)1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbj\u00f8rn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)1958: Inger Bj\u00f8rnbakken (NOR), H\u00e5kon Brusveen (NOR)1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)1961: Harald Gr\u00f8nningen (NOR)1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbj\u00f8rn Yggeseth (NOR)1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero M\u00e4ntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor N\u00e6s (NOR)1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefs\u00e6ter (NOR)1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar R\u00f6nnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bj\u00f8rn Wirkola (NOR)1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)1970: P\u00e5l Tyldum (NOR)1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit M\u00f8rdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Br\u00e5 (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik H\u00e5ker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)1981: Johan S\u00e6tre (NOR)1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)1985: Anette B\u00f8e (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR)1987: Matti Nyk\u00e4nen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Wei\u00dfflog (GER)1992: Yelena V\u00e4lbe (RUS)1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bj\u00f8rn D\u00e6hlie (NOR)1998: Fred B\u00f8rre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)Since 20012001: Adam Ma\u0142ysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bj\u00f8rn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)2010: Marit Bj\u00f8rgen (NOR)2011: Ole Einar Bj\u00f8rndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN)2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR)2015: Eldar R\u00f8nning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei B\u00f8 (NOR)2017: Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN)2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen (FIN)2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes B\u00f8 (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER)2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu R\u00f8iseland (NOR), Johannes H\u00f8sflot Kl\u00e6bo (NOR), J\u00f8rgen Graabak  (NOR)     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/tormod-knutsen-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Tormod Knutsen – Wikipedia"}}]}]