Lars Grini

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Lars Grini
Country Norway
Born(1944-06-29)29 June 1944
Gran, Norway
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubSFK Lyn
Personal best150 m (490 ft)
Oberstdorf, West Germany
(11 February 1967)
Medal record

Lars Grini (born 29 June 1944) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed between 1966 and 1972.

Career[]

His best-known successes were at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event, and another bronze medal in the individual normal hill at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He represented the club SFK Lyn.

On 10 February 1967, he set ski jumping distance world record at 147 metres (482 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[1][2][3]

On 11 February 1967, the next day, he set another world record at 150 metres (492 ft) also in Oberstdorf.[4][5]

Ski jumping world records[]

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
10 February 1967   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze Oberstdorf, West Germany 147 482
11 February 1967   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze Oberstdorf, West Germany 150 492

References[]

  1. ^ "Kjell Sjöberg satte v-rekord med 148 meter i Oberstdorf (page 17)" (in Norwegian). National Library of Norway. 11 February 1967.
  2. ^ "Kar dvakrat svetovni rekord (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 11 February 1967.
  3. ^ "Lars Grini - Oberstdorf 1967 - 147 m - World record". YouTube. 10 February 1967. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ "Norveški skakalec Grini - sedaj 150 metrov daleč (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 12 February 1967.
  5. ^ "Lars Grini - Oberstdorf 1967 - 150 m - World record". YouTube. 11 February 1967. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

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