Ivar Formo

Ivar Formo in January, 1973
Personal information
Born	24 June 1951 (1951-06-24) Oslo,Norway
Died	26 December 2006 (2006-12-27) (aged 55) Nordmarka, Oslo, Norway
Lifepartner	Wenche Jacobsen
Medal record Representing Norway Men'scross-country skiing Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 50 km 1972 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay 1976 Innsbruck 4 × 10 km relay 1972 Sapporo 15 km World Championships 1974 Falun 4 × 10 km relay 1978 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay Men'sorienteering World Championships 1974 Silkeborg Relay

Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was aNorwegiancross-country skier andorienteer who competed during the 1970s.

He won four medals at theWinter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay (1974,1978). Formo also competed inorienteering, winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974world championships, where he also placed ninth in the individual contest.^[1]

He represented the clubSFK Lyn. He won a number of awards for his accomplishments within sports, notably theHolmenkollen medal in 1975 (shared withGerhard Grimmer and his good friend and rivalOddvar Brå) andEgebergs Ærespris in 1973.

In 1979 he was part of the LynJukola orienteering relay winning team.

After retiring as an athlete he had a successful career as a businessman, and served as chairman of the cross-country committee (1983–1988) in theInternational Ski Federation.^[2] Formo earned an engineering degree, and was chairman of the board of Ignis at the time of his death.

Formo was found drowned in the lakeStore Sandungen inNordmarka, the forests surroundingOslo. He had gone jogging and skating through the area and had most likely fallen through the ice.^[3] He was survived by his two sons, and his partner during fifteen years, former orienteering competitorWenche Jacobsen.^[3]

All results are sourced from theInternational Ski Federation (FIS).^[4]

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

• 2 medals – (2 bronze)

• databaseOlympics.com profile on Formo – Accessed December 27, 2006.
• Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006(in English).
• Formo's death announcedArchived 2007-09-27 at theWayback Machine – Accessed December 27, 2006(in Norwegian).
• Formo's training schedule in preparation for the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – Accessed December 27, 2006.
• Ivar Formo at theInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file(in Norwegian)

• 1951 births
• 2006 deaths
• Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
• Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
• Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
• Olympic gold medalists for Norway
• Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
• Olympic silver medalists for Norway
• 20th-century Norwegian engineers
• Norwegian male cross-country skiers
• Norwegian male orienteers
• Norwegian foot orienteers
• World Orienteering Championships medalists
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
• Holmenkollen medalists
• Deaths by drowning in Norway
• Accidental deaths in Norway
• Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
• 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen

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