Torbjørn Løkken
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Born | 28 June 1963 (1963-06-28) (age 61) Biri, Norway | ||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Nordic combined | ||||||||||||||
Club | Biri Idrettslag | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3×5 km team events.
Løkken also competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, finishing sixth in the individual and fourth in the team events.[1] He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988 Holmenkollen ski festival and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987–88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989–90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[2]
After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, having abused alcohol, pills and eventually heroin for 15 years.[3]
References
External links
- Torbjoern Loekken at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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- 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH)
- 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1927: Rudolf Burkert (TCH)
- 1929: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)
- 1930: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)
- 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
- 1933: Sven Selånger (SWE)
- 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
- 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
- 1937: Sigurd Røen (NOR)
- 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR)
- 1939: Gustl Berauer (GER)
- 1940–45: Not held (World War II)
- 1950: Heikki Hasu (FIN)
- 1954: Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
- 1958: Paavo Korhonen (FIN)
- 1962: Arne Larsen (NOR)
- 1966: Georg Thoma (FRG)
- 1970: Ladislav Rygl (TCH)
- 1974: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
- 1978: Konrad Winkler (GDR)
- 1982: Tom Sandberg (NOR)
- 1985: Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
- 1987: Torbjørn Løkken (NOR)
- 1989: Trond Einar Elden (NOR)
- 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR)
- 1993: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
- 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR)
- 1997: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
- 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
- 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR)
- 2003–2007: Ronny Ackermann (GER)
- 2009: Todd Lodwick (USA)
- 2011: Eric Frenzel (GER)
- 2013: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA)
- 2015: Johannes Rydzek (GER)
- 2017: Johannes Rydzek (GER)
- 2019–2023: Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR)
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