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Tommy Ingebrigtsen

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Tommy Ingebrigtsen
Ingebrigtsen in Oslo, 2005
CountryNorway Norway
Full nameTommy Ingebrigtsen
Born (1977-08-08) 8 August 1977 (age 47)
Trondheim, Norway
Personal best231 m (758 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons19942006
Podiums5
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team large hill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Thunder Bay Individual large hill
Silver medal – second place 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual normal hill
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme Team large hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Planica Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 17 May 2015.

Tommy Ingebrigtsen (born 8 August 1977) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2007, representing Byåsen IL in Trondheim. He won the large hill competition at the 1995 Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, at the age of seventeen. Ingebrigtsen also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a bronze in the team large hill event at Turin in 2006. He twice held the world distance record, both set in Planica, with a jump of 219.5 metres on 20 March 1999 and 231 m on 20 March 2005.

Tommy, himself a rock guitarist (Arabs in Aspic), is the son of musician Dag Ingebrigtsen.

Sports results

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World Cup

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Standings

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Season Overall 4H SF NT
1993/94 49 42
1994/95
1995/96 57
1996/97 48 15
1997/98 48 43
1998/99 11 18
1999/00 13 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2000/01 11 5
2001/02 43
2002/03 35
2003/04 11
2004/05 25
2005/06 23

Ski jumping world records

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Date Hill Location Metres Feet
20 March 1999   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Slovenia 219.5 720
20 March 2005   Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 Planica, Slovenia 231 758

References

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Records
Preceded by World's longest ski jump
219.5 m (720 ft)

20 March 199916 March 2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by World's longest ski jump
231 m (758 ft)

20 March 2005 – 20 March 2005
Succeeded by