Learn and talk about Ole Ellefsæter, Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing, Holmenkollen medalists, Holmenkollen winners

Ole Ellefsæter in 1966

Ole Ellefsæter
Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Competitor for Norway
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Grenoble	50 km
Gold	1968 Grenoble	4 x 10 km
World Championships
Gold	1966 Oslo	4 x 10 km
Silver	1966 Oslo	15 km

Ole Ellefsæter (15 February 1939 in Furnes, Norway) is a retired sportsman from Norway. He chiefly competed in cross-country skiing, and won two gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he won one gold (4 x 10 km) and one silver (15 km) medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet. Anders and Jørgen Aukland are the only other Norwegians to win this ski race. In 1967, Ellefsæter won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival, the same year he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal, shared with Toini Gustafsson.

Ellefsæter also participated in athletics, and won the national championships in 3,000 metres steeplechase six times in a row from 1960-1965. [1] His personal best time was 8:43.8 minutes, achieved on Bislett stadion in June 1962. This gives him a 26th place on the Norwegian all-time performers list. [2]

For his accomplishments in cross-country skiing and athletics, Ellefsæter received the Egebergs Ærespris in 1965.

Ellefsæther also had a musical career at the time of his ski career. After he won gold at the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, the song "Alle kluter til" that was written particulary for the Grenoble olympics became a big hit in Norway.^[1]

Discography [edit]

Viser og gamle takter (1967), Odeon
I godt lag (1970), Odeon

References [edit]

^ Ellefsæter, Ole Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005) via Ballade.no, retrieved 29 March, 2013

Ole Ellefsaeter at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Olympic champions in men's 50 km cross-country

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

1936: Finland
1948: Sweden
1952: Finland
1956: Soviet Union
1960: Finland
1964: Sweden
1968: Norway
- Odd Martinsen
- Pål Tyldum
- Harald Grønningen
- Ole Ellefsæter
1972: Soviet Union
1976: Finland
1980: Soviet Union
1984: Sweden
1988: Sweden
1992: Norway
1994: Italy
1998: Norway
2002: Norway
2006: Italy
2010: Sweden

World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross-country relay

1933: Sweden
- Per-Erik Hedlund
- Sven Utterström
- Nils-Joel Englund
- Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Finland
- Sulo Nurmela
- Klaes Karppinen
- Martti Lappalainen
- Veli Saarinen
1935: Finland
- Mikko Husu
- Klaes Karppinen
- Väinö Liikkanen
- Sulo Nurmela
1937: Norway
- Annar Ryen
- Oskar Fredriksen
- Sigurd Røen
- Lars Bergendahl
1938: Finland
- Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala
- Martti Lauronen
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Klaes Karppinen
1939: Finland
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Olavi Alakulppi
- Eino Olkinuora
- Klaes Karppinen
1950: Sweden
- Nils Täpp
- Karl-Erik Åström
- Martin Lundström
- Enar Josefsson
1954: Finland
- August Kiuru
- Tapio Mäkelä
- Arvo Viitanen
- Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sweden
- Sixten Jernberg
- Lennart Larsson
- Sture Grahn
- Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Sweden
- Lars Olsson
- Sture Grahn
- Sixten Jernberg
- Assar Rönnlund
1966: Norway:
- Odd Martinsen
- Harald Grønningen
- Ole Ellefsæter
- Gjermund Eggen
1970: Soviet Union:
- Vladimir Voronkov
- Valery Tarakanov
- Fyodor Simashev
- Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: East Germany
- Gerd Hessler
- Dieter Meinel
- Gerhard Grimmer
- Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sweden
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck
- Christer Johansson
- Tommy Limby
- Thomas Magnuson
1982: Norway
- Lars-Erik Eriksen
- Ove Aunli
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Oddvar Brå
and Soviet Union
- Vladimir Nikitin
- Alexander Batyuk
- Yuriy Burlakov
- Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Norway
- Arild Monsen
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Tor Håkon Holte
- Ove Aunli
1987: Sweden
- Erik Östlund
- Gunde Svan
- Thomas Wassberg
- Torgny Mogren
1989: Sweden
- Christer Majbäck
- Gunde Svan
- Lars Håland
- Torgny Mogren
1991: Norway
- Øyvind Skaanes
- Terje Langli
- Vegard Ulvang
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Vegard Ulvang
- Terje Langli
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Austria
- Markus Gandler
- Alois Stadlober
- Mikhail Botvinov
- Christian Hoffmann
2001: Norway
- Frode Estil
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Thomas Alsgaard
- Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Norway
- Anders Aukland
- Frode Estil
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Thomas Alsgaard
2005: Norway:
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Frode Estil
- Lars Berger
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007: Norway
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Lars Berger
- Petter Northug
2009: Norway:
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Petter Northug
2011: Norway:
- Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- Eldar Rønning
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Petter Northug
2013: Norway:
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Eldar Rønning
- Sjur Røthe
- Petter Northug

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Janne Ahonen (FIN), Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER)
2012: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), Magdalena Neuner (GER)
2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (NOR)

Preceded by Magnar Lundemo	Egebergs Ærespris 1965	Succeeded by Fred Anton Maier

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