Country Norway Indiv. podiums 32 Weight 56 kg Team wins 6 Height 1.77 m | Individual wins 11 Role Ski jumper Seasons 1993–2010 Name Roar Ljokelsoy Total podiums 32 | |
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Born 31 May 1976 (age 47)
Orkdal, Norway ( 1976-05-31 ) Personal best 230.5 m (756 ft)
Planica, 20 Mar 2005 Olympic medals Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Large hill team Similar People Bjorn Einar Romoren, Lars Bystol, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Matti Hautamaki, Andreas Widholzl | ||
Roar lj kels y oberstdorf 2004 223m old hill record
Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup.
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- Roar lj kels y oberstdorf 2004 223m old hill record
- Roar lj kels y 223m oberstdorf hs 213
- Career
- References
Roar lj kels y 223m oberstdorf hs 213
Career
He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent competitor in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, finishing runner-up in both. In 2003–04 he won seven out of the last eleven competitions, finishing ten points short of eventual winner Janne Ahonen. In addition to winning eleven individual and three team World Cup events, Ljøkelsøy won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2004. He then won the individual and team gold medal at the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica.
At the 2005 Ski Jumping World Championships, Ljøkelsøy won a silver medal on the individual large hill and a bronze on the team large hill. In 2006, he retained his Ski Flying World Championship in Kulm, winning with over twenty points to the next competitor, despite feeling ill. The next day, he led the Norwegian team to victory in the team event, together with Ingebrigtsen, Romøren and Lars Bystøl. At the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships in Sapporo, Ljøkelsøy won silver on the team large hill and bronze on the individual large hill.
Ljøkelsøy retired from the sport after competing in the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, with his last official jump being 193.5 metres.