Hilmar Myhra Explained

Birth Date:4 June 1915[1]
Birth Place:Kongsberg, Norway
Death Date:13 April 2013 (aged 97)
Sport:Ski jumping
Club:Kongsberg IF
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Hilmar Arnold Myhra (4 June 1915 – 13 April 2013) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed before World War II.[2] He won the opening competition of the hill Vikersundbakken in February 1936,[3] and held the hill record of 85 meters for a few years. It was broken by Arnholdt Kongsgård in 1946.[4]

He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1938 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and finished sixth in the same event at the 1939 Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.[5] Myhra also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940, the last winner of the event before Norway would be invaded by Germany during World War II.[6] He also became Norwegian champion that year.[7]

Besides skiing Myhra also played association football, during the summer,[7] and a head injury sustained in a football match in August 1945 ended his sporting career.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?urnread_imagesize=full&info=ingen&hode=nei&show=108&uid=27239&js=j Kongsberg Church Records, 1901–1915
  2. News: Nå er den siste storhopperen borte. Hostvedt . Ole John . 16 April 2013. Laagendalsposten. Norwegian. 17 April 2013.
  3. News: 49 dager til skifest. Skåttet. Torfinn. 23 November 2006. Laagendalsposten. Norwegian. 1 January 2009.
  4. News: - Alle tiders å hoppe 85 meter. Thoresen. Arne. 11 January 2007. Dagbladet.
  5. . Retrieved on 1 January 2009.
  6. http://www.skiforeningen.no/content/download/13576/75469/file/vinnere.pdf Holmenkollen winners since 1892
  7. News: 70 år idag: Hilmar Myhra. 4 June 1985. Aftenposten.