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Vegard Opaas

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Vegard Opaas
Country Norway
Born (1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 (age 62)
Oslo, Norway
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best193 m (633 ft)
Planica, 15 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons19821990
Starts92
Podiums17
Wins7
Overall titles1 (1987)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Vegard Opaas (born 11 January 1962) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Career

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On 15 March 1987 in Planica he jumped 193 metres (633 ft) in the third round, which was canceled right after. At that time this was the second longest jump in history.[1]

He had his biggest season in 1987 when he became the first Norwegian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup, a feat later only matched by Espen Bredesen in 1993/94, and Anders Bardal in 2011/12.

That same year he won three medals at the world championships in Oberstdorf. This included two silvers (individual large hill, team large hill) and one bronze (individual normal hill). He also finished eighth in the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he also participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

World Cup

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Standings

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 Season  Overall 4H
1981/82 40
1982/83 32
1983/84 10 45
1984/85 30
1985/86 7 5
1986/87 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1987/88 12 27
1988/89 15 21
1989/90 41 43

Wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1983/84 6 December 1983   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
2 1985/86 14 December 1985   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH
3 1986/87 13 December 1986   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH
4 30 December 1986   West Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K115 LH
5 11 January 1987   Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 B K88 NH
6 20 March 1987   Norway Oslo Marikollen K85 NH
7 1988/89 11 December 1988   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH

References

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  1. ^ "Slovenski vestnik, p.8 — Zmaga za Avstrijo in Norveško" (in Slovenian). Slovenski vestnik. 20 March 1987.
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