Lasse Ottesen

Lasse Ottesen (born 8 April 1974) is a former Norwegian ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002. He grew up in the little town of Aurskog in Aurskog-Høland municipality in eastern Norway.

His biggest success at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where he earned a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill. Ottesen also finished 4th at the 1995 Nordic skiing World Championships in the Individual Large Hill.

After retiring he became a coach. He was the ski jumping coach for the Nordic combined teams of Norway and then the United States, and later became the head coach for the United States.