 Hugsted in 1950 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1921 Kongsberg, Norway |
| Died | 16 May 2000 (aged 78) Kongsberg, Norway |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Ski jumping |
| Club | Kongsberg IF |
Petter Hugsted (11 July 1921 – 16 May 2000) was a Norwegianski jumper who won the gold medal in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Olympics.[1][2]
Hugsted won junior competition at theHolmenkollen ski festival in 1940. His career was impeded duringWorld War II, when he was held in theGrini concentration camp during theGerman occupation of Norway. After the war he placed third at the Holmenkollen in 1947 and 1948, in the senior category. He won the ski jumping competition atLahti in 1947 and the OpenU.S. Championships in Salt Lake City in 1949. He retired in 1951 after finishing 13th at Holmenkollen.[1]
Besides skiing Hugsted played association football for the national B-team. He lived his whole life in Kongsberg, and devoted much energy to the creation and curatorship of theKongsberg Skiing Museum, together with his friend and fellow ski jumperBirger Ruud.[1]
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