Audun Endestad
Encyclopedia
Audun Endestad is a Norwegian
-born American
cross country skier, author and field guide. He is a past Olympic, World & National Team cross-country skier.
, Sogn og Fjordane
, Norway
. Endestad competed from 1984 to 1997. He finished 18th in the 50 km
event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
in Sarajevo
. He is a 6-time Great American Ski Chase champion and 13-time National cross-country skiing champion.
Endestad is the husband of Judy Rabinowitz
, who competed for the United States
in cross country skiing in the early 1980s. She is also a past Olympic, World and National Team Bicycle Racer. They have lived in Alaska
since 1980 and are guides for Alaska Headland Adventures.
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...
-born American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cross country skier, author and field guide. He is a past Olympic, World & National Team cross-country skier.
Biography
Audun Gudmund Endestad was born in BryggjaBryggja
Bryggja is a village in eastern part of the municipality of Vågsøy in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located along the north shore of the Nordfjord. The village is located about east of the urban area of Degnepoll–Tennebø–Måløy in Vågsøy and it is about west of Stårheim in...
, Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....
, 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...
. Endestad competed from 1984 to 1997. He finished 18th in the 50 km
Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results. The women's 20 km debuted at these games.-15 km:February 13, 1984-30 km:February 10, 1984-50 km:February 19, 1984-4 x 10 km relay:February 16, 1984-5 km:February 12, 1984...
event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. He is a 6-time Great American Ski Chase champion and 13-time National cross-country skiing champion.
Endestad is the husband of Judy Rabinowitz
Judy Rabinowitz
Judy Rabinowitz was an American cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984. She finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....
, who competed for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in cross country skiing in the early 1980s. She is also a past Olympic, World and National Team Bicycle Racer. They have lived in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
since 1980 and are guides for Alaska Headland Adventures.