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Toralf Engan

Winter Sports

Toralf Engan, born on 1 October 1936, is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1964 Winter Olympics he won the large hill event and placed second in the new normal hill event. He won the Four Hills Tournament the season before the Games and took the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships title in the individual normal hill, the first ever contested in that event. He won the normal hill ski jumping competition at the 1962 Holmenkollen ski festival, the same year he received the Holmenkollen medal. Engan retired after the 1966 season, worked as a national ski jumping coach from 1967 to 1969 and settled in Trondheim with his family. The entry follows the English Wikipedia article.

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Birth Year
1936 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 2
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Ski Jumping, Sports
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1. Olympedia: Toralf Engan (Olympedia)
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  • Biographical information, born
    Born 1 October 1936
  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Male
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2. Toralf Engan (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, Olympic gold and silver plus 1962 world title
    as well as the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the individual normal hill
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    is a retired Norwegian ski jumper
  • Plays: Ski Jumping, Lead, sport
    is a retired Norwegian ski jumper
  • Competed In: 1964 Winter Olympics, Career, Olympic Games
    At the 1964 Winter Olympics he won the
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