Ivar Formo

Ivar Formo was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer, born on 24 June 1951, who competed during the 1970s and represented the club SFK Lyn. He won four medals at the Winter Olympics and two bronze medals in the 4 by 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, in 1974 and 1978. Alongside skiing he took a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 orienteering world championships and was part of the Lyn team that won the Jukola relay in 1979. His honours include the Holmenkollen medal in 1975 and Egebergs Ærespris in 1973. After retiring he worked as a businessman and chaired the cross-country committee of the International Ski Federation from 1983 to 1988. He died on 26 December 2006.