Torbjørn Yggeseth

Torbjørn Yggeseth (18 June 1934 in Asker – 10 January 2010 in Oslo) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the 1960s.

Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1963, the same year he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, and Astrid Sandvik). He also had two career victories. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the individual large hill event at Squaw Valley in 1960. After retiring from active ski jumping, Yggeseth had been involved in administrative roles inside the FIS, including serving on its technical committee for ski jumping as chair from 1982 to 2004.

Yggeseth also trained in the United States Air Force as a pilot. He also created the Ski Jumping World Cup which first began in the 1979–80 season.

Yggeseth died of cancer.

References

• ABCnyheter 10 January 2010 announcement of Yggseth's death. - accessed 10 January 2010.
• Torbjørn Yggeseth at the International Ski Federation
• "Passing of Torbjørn Yggseth". (13 January 2010 FIS article accessed 13 January 2010.)
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)