Arnfinn Bergmann (14 October 1928 – 13 February 2011) was a ski jumper from Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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He was born in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 and represented the clubs SK Freidig

SK Freidig

Sportsklubben Freidig is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim.It was founded in 1903. It has sections for association football, team handball, orienteering and Nordic skiing. In football it won the League of Norway 1947–48, in handball the league in 1971 and 1985. The club has also won several...

 and SFK Lyn

SFK Lyn

Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level association football, named FK Lyn...

. He won a gold medal in the normal hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

, accompanied on the podium by Torbjørn Falkanger

Torbjørn Falkanger

Torbjørn Falkanger is a retired Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s.Falkanger earned a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice...

 who won the silver medal. Bergmann also earned the bronze medal at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 took place during February 1–6, 1950 in Lake Placid, New York, USA and Rumford, Maine, USA. This was Lake Placid's second time hosting the championships after having done so at the 1932 Winter Olympics. It also marked the first time after World War II the...

 and won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival

Holmenkollen ski festival

The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...

 in 1952. For his ski jumping success, Bergmann received the Holmenkollen medal

Holmenkollen medal

The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian skiing's highest award for competitors. It signifies top placings in international championships and other international events, including the Holmenkollen events....

 in 1956 (shared with Borghild Niskin

Borghild Niskin

Borghild Niskin is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished 7th in the women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo. For that honor, Niskin became the first woman awarded the Holmenkollen medal that same year...

 and Arne Hoel

Arne Hoel

Arne Hoel was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Drammen.Hoel won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times...

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