Toralf Engan

Summary

Toralf Engan (born 1 October 1936) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1964 Winter Olympics he won the large hill and placed second in the new normal hill event. His other victories include the Four Hills Tournament, which he had won the preceding season, as well as the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the individual normal hill (the first ever in that event). Engan won the ski jumping normal hill event at the 1962 Holmenkollen ski festival, the same year he won the Holmenkollen medal. Engan retired after the 1966 season. Later he worked as a national ski jumping coach in 1967–69, and settled in Trondheim with his family.[1]

Toralf Engan
Engan in 1962
Personal information
Born1 October 1936 (1936-10) (age 87)
Meldal, Norway
Sport
SportSki jumping
ClubIL Leik, Hølonda
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Innsbruck Individual large hill
Silver medal – second place 1964 Innsbruck Individual normal hill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Zakopane Individual normal hill

References edit

  1. ^ Toralf Engan. sports-reference.com

External links edit

  • Toralf Engan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  • Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
  • Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)