Olaf Tandberg


Olaf Tandberg was a Norwegian doctor and Nordic skier.

Career

On 11 February 1900 he set the ski jumping world record distance 35.5 metres at Solbergbakken hill in Bærum, Norway. Just before him another Norwegian ski jumper Aksel Refstad fell at 36 metres. A year later he won the Nordic combined event at Holmenkollen and won the royal trophy. In later years he was a ski jumping judge in Holmenkollen between 1918 and 1930.

Ski jumping world record

Set on the first ever official ski jumping competition.
DateHillLocationMetresFeet
11 February 1900 SolbergbakkenBærum, Norway35.5116