Country Norway Indiv. podiums 21 Overall titles 1 Individual wins 8 Height 1.76 m | Seasons 1989–1999 Role Ski jumper Full name Espen Bredesen Name Espen Bredesen Total podiums 21 | |
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Born 2 February 1968 (age 56)
Oslo, Norway ( 1968-02-02 ) Personal best 210 m (689 ft)
Planica, 22 Mar 1997 Olympic medals Ski Jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Large Hill, Ski Jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Normal Hill Similar People Lasse Ottesen, Jens Weisflog, Andreas Goldberger, Dieter Thoma | ||
Espen bredesen 104 5m lahti 1993
Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Contents
- Espen bredesen 104 5m lahti 1993
- Espen bredesen 210m planica 1997 world record
- Career
- WR statement
- References
Espen bredesen 210m planica 1997 world record
Career
At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the parallel to the ski jumping techniques#V-style just a month previously. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun, he won gold medals both in the team large hill and the individual large hill events. In the 1993/94 season, he won the Four Hills Tournament. He won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, and won a silver medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1994 in Planica. Bredesen twice beat the world ski flying record with jumps of 209 meters (1994) and 210 meters (1997).
Bredesen also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1993. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov).
WR statement
Bredesen's statement after his first world record in Planica 1994 when he jumped 209m: