Holmenkollen Medal - Medalist Breakdown

Medalist Breakdown

• 157 medalists total as of 2010.
• Gender: 134 men, 23 women
• Skiing discipline: 63 cross country skiers, 27 Nordic combined skiers, 26 ski jumpers, 15 multiple Nordic skiing disciplines (competed in cross country, Nordic combined, and/or ski jumping), 15 Nordic skiers (discipline not listed on information found), and 11 non-Nordic skiers total (listed above).
• Nationality: 107 Norwegians, 14 Finns, 8 Swedes, 8 Germans (combines East Germany, West Germany, and unified Germany), 8 Russians (includes the Soviet Union), 3 Austrians, 2 Japanese, 2 Italians, 2 Swiss, 1 Kazak, 1 Pole, and 1 Estonian.
• Holmenkollen victories: 230.
• Olympic medals (golds): 332 (140), including the medals of Eriksen and Stenmark.
• World championship medals (gold): 443 (212), including the medals of Bjørnbakken, Eriksen, and Stenmark.
• Two uncle-nephew combinations (Lauritz Bergendahl - 1910 and Lars Begendahl - 1939, and Harald Økern - 1924 and Olav Økern - 1950).
• Two sets of brothers (Hemmestveit - 1928, Ruud - 1937, 1947, 1948).
• One father-daughter combination (Martinsen - 1969, Skari - 2001).
• One father-son-grandson combination (Haakon VII - 1955, Olav V - 1968, Harald V - 2007)
• Four husband-wife teams (Alevtina Kolchina - 1963 & Pavel Kolchin - 1963, Toini Gustafsson - 1967 & Assar Rönnlund - 1968; Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 1989 & Harri Kirvesniemi - 1998; and King Harald V - 2007 & Queen Sonja - 2007).
• Three athletes who took the Olympic Oath (Falkanger - 1952, Ulvang - 1991, Ogiwara - 1995).
• Four future doping disqualifications (Yegorova - 1994 (caught in 1997), Lazutina - 1998 (2002), H. Kirvesniemi - 1998 (2001), Chepalova - 2004 (2009)).
• One future lighter of the Olympic Flame (Belmondo - 1997).