Tormod Knutsen

Tormod Kaare Knutsen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, born in Eidsvoll on 7 January 1932 and died there on 23 February 2021. He began as a ski jumper, winning national junior titles in 1949 and 1951, before turning to Nordic combined during military service. He finished sixth at the 1956 Winter Olympics, took silver behind Georg Thoma at the 1960 Games, and won the gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, which was Norway first gold of those Games. He won four national championships, won the Nordic combined event at Holmenkollen in 1958 and received the Holmenkollen Medal in 1960. He represented the club Eidsvold Værks Skiklub and wrote an autobiography in 1964.