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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Gold 1966 Oslo Individual normal hill
Gold 1966 Oslo Individual large hill

Bjørn Wirkola (born 4 August 1943 in Alta) is former ski jumper and footballer from Norway.

He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conjunction with the Holmenkollen ski festival, making Wirkola the Holmenkollen champion as well (a feat he would repeat the following year). Wirkola won the Four Hills Tournament from 1967 to 1969, and is still the only ski jumper who has won this tournament three years in a row. He also competed at three Winter Olympics: in 1964 he finished eleventh in the Nordic combined, in 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he achieved his best finish with a fourth place in the individual normal hill, 0.6 points behind the bronze medalist Baldur Preiml of Austria, and the 1972 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the wind-ravaged event in the Okurayama large hill.

For his achievements as a ski jumper, Wirkola was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1968 (shared with King Olav V, Assar Rönnlund, and Gjermund Eggen). The common parlance expression jumping after Wirkola has come to refer to situations where one embarks on a task where one's predecessor has done a particularly good job – or where one is unlikely to succeed.

In 1971, he began to play competitive football. He played for Rosenborg in the Norwegian Premier League from 1971 to 1974, and won both league and cup championships with Rosenborg in 1971. The same year he was awarded Egebergs Ærespris (where recipients need to be at top international level in one sport and at least at top national level in a different sport).

References

World champions in ski jumping individual normal hill
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) * 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS) * 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1978: Matthias Buse (GDR) * 1982: Armin Kogler (AUT) * 1985: Jens Weissflog (GDR) * 1987: Jiří Parma (TCH) * 1989: Jens Weissflog (GDR) * 1991: Heinz Kuttin (AUT) * 1993: Masahiko Harada (JPN) * 1995: Takanobu Okabe (JPN) * 1997: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 2001: Adam Małysz (POL) * 2003: Adam Małysz (POL) * 2005: Rok Benkovič (SLO) * 2007: Adam Małysz (POL) * 2009: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
World champions in ski jumping individual large hill

1925: Willen Dick (TCH) • 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR) • 1927: Tore Edman (SWE) • 1929: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) • 1930: Gunnar Andersen (NOR) • 1931: Birger Ruud (NOR)
1933: Marcel Reymond (SUI) • 1934: Kristian Johansson (NOR) • 1935: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1937: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1938: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) • 1939: Josef Bradl (GER)
World War II
1950: Hans Bjørnstad (NOR) • 1954: Matti Pietikäinen (FIN) • 1958: Juhani Kärkinen (FIN) • 1962: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS)
1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) • 1978: Tapio Räisänen (FIN) • 1982: Matti Nykänen (FIN) • 1985: Per Bergerud (NOR) • 1987: Andreas Felder (AUT) • 1989: Jari Puikkonen (FIN)
1991: Franci Petek (YUG) • 1993: Espen Bredesen (NOR) • 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) • 1997: Masahiko Harada (JPN) • 1999: Martin Schmitt (GER) • 2001: Martin Schmitt (GER)
2003: Adam Małysz (POL) • 2005: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2007: Simon Ammann (SUI) • 2009: Andreas Küttel (SUI)
Four Hills Tournament winners
1952-3: Sepp Bradl (AUT) * 1953-4: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR) * 1954-5: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN) * 1955-6: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS) * 1956-7: Pentti Uotinen (FIN) * 1957-8: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1958-9: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1959-60: Max Bolkart (GER) * 1960-1: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1961-2: Eino Kirjonen (FIN) * 1962-3: Toralf Engan (NOR) * 1963-4: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) * 1964-5: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR) * 1965-6: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) * 1966-7: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1967-8: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1968-9: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1969-70: Horst Queck (GDR) * 1970-1: Jiří Raška (TCH) * 1971-2: Ingolf Mork (NOR) * 1972-3: Rainer Schmidt (GDR) * 1973-4: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1974-5: Willi Pürstl (AUT) * 1975-6: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) * 1976-7: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) * 1977-8: Kari Ylianttila (FIN) * 1978-9: Pentti Kokkonen * 1979-80: Hubert Neuper (AUT) * 1980-1: Hubert Neuper (AUT) * 1981-2: Manfred Deckert (GDR) * 1982-3: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1983-4: Jens Weißflog (GDR) * 1984-5: Jens Weißflog (GDR) * 1985-6: Ernst Vettori (AUT) * 1986-7: Ernst Vettori (AUT) * 1987-8: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1988-9: Risto Laakkonen (FIN) * 1989-90: Dieter Thoma (FRG) * 1990-1: Jens Weißflog (GER) * 1991-2: Toni Nieminen (FIN) * 1992-3: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1993-4: Espen Bredesen (NOR) * 1994-5: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1995-6: Jens Weißflog (GER) * 1996-7: Primož Peterka (SLO) * 1997-8: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 1998-9: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 1999-2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT) * 2000-1: Adam Małysz (POL) * 2001-2: Sven Hannawald * 2002-3: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2003-4: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR) * 2004-5: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2005-6: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE) * 2006-7: Anders Jacobsen * 2007-8: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2008-9: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) * 2009-10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
Holmenkollen medal
1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) * 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) * 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR) * 1901: Askel Refstad (NOR) * 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) * 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) * 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) * 1907: Per Bakken * 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) * 1909: Thorvald Hansen * 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl * 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) * 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) * 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) * 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) * 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) * 1918: Hans Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) * 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) * 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) * 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) * 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) * 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams * 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) * 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) * 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) * 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) * 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) * 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) * 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) * 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) * 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) * 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) * 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) * 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) * 1950: Olav Økern (NOR) * 1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) * 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) * 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) * 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) * 1955: King Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) * 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) * 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) * 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) * 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) * 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) * 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) * 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) * 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) * 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) * 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) * 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) * 1968: King Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) * 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) * 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) * 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) * 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) * 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) * 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) * 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) * 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) * 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) * 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) * 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) * 1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jacob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) * 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR) * 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) * 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) * 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) * 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) * 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) * 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) * 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larissa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) * 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) * 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) * 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), King Harald V (NOR), Queen Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
Preceded by
Frithjof Prydz		 Egebergs Ærespris
1971		 Succeeded by
Ivar Formo







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