Vegard Opaas
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Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 (age 62) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 193 m (633 ft) Planica, 15 March 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 1982–1990 | |||||||||||||||||
Starts | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 1 (1987) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Vegard Opaas (born 11 January 1962) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Career
On 15 March 1987 in Planica he jumped 193 metres (633 ft) in the third round, which was canceled right after. At that time this was the second longest jump in history.[1]
He had his biggest season in 1987 when he became the first Norwegian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup, a feat later only matched by Espen Bredesen in 1993/94, and Anders Bardal in 2011/12.
That same year he won three medals at the world championships in Oberstdorf. This included two silvers (individual large hill, team large hill) and one bronze (individual normal hill). He also finished eighth in the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he also participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | 4H |
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1981/82 | 40 | — |
1982/83 | 32 | — |
1983/84 | 10 | 45 |
1984/85 | 30 | — |
1985/86 | 7 | 5 |
1986/87 | ||
1987/88 | 12 | 27 |
1988/89 | 15 | 21 |
1989/90 | 41 | 43 |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 1983/84 | 6 December 1983 | Thunder Bay | Big Thunder K120 | LH |
2 | 1985/86 | 14 December 1985 | Lake Placid | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
3 | 1986/87 | 13 December 1986 | Lake Placid | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
4 | 30 December 1986 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze K115 | LH | |
5 | 11 January 1987 | Štrbské Pleso | MS 1970 B K88 | NH | |
6 | 20 March 1987 | Oslo | Marikollen K85 | NH | |
7 | 1988/89 | 11 December 1988 | Lake Placid | MacKenzie Intervale K86 | NH |
References
- ^ "Slovenski vestnik, p.8 — Zmaga za Avstrijo in Norveško" (in Slovenian). Slovenski vestnik. 20 March 1987.
External links
- Vegard Opaas at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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- 1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
- 1980–81: Armin Kogler (AUT)
- 1981–82: Armin Kogler (AUT)
- 1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
- 1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
- 1984–85: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
- 1985–86: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
- 1986–87: Vegard Opaas (NOR)
- 1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
- 1988–89: Jan Boklöv (SWE)
- 1989–90: Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN)
- 1990–91: Andreas Felder (AUT)
- 1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
- 1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
- 1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
- 1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
- 1995–96: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
- 1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
- 1997–98: Primož Peterka (SLO)
- 1998–99: Martin Schmitt (GER)
- 1999–2000: Martin Schmitt (GER)
- 2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL)
- 2001–02: Adam Małysz (POL)
- 2002–03: Adam Małysz (POL)
- 2003–04: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
- 2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
- 2005–06: Jakub Janda (CZE)
- 2006–07: Adam Małysz (POL)
- 2007–08: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
- 2008–09: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
- 2009–10: Simon Ammann (SUI)
- 2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
- 2011–12: Anders Bardal (NOR)
- 2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
- 2013–14: Kamil Stoch (POL)
- 2014–15: Severin Freund (GER)
- 2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)
- 2016–17: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
- 2017–18: Kamil Stoch (POL)
- 2018–19: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)
- 2019–20: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
- 2020–21: Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR)
- 2021–22: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)
- 2022–23: Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR)
- 2023–24: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
- 2011–12: Sarah Hendrickson (USA)
- 2012–13: Sara Takanashi (JPN)
- 2013–14: Sara Takanashi (JPN)
- 2014–15: Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT)
- 2015–16: Sara Takanashi (JPN)
- 2016–17: Sara Takanashi (JPN)
- 2017–18: Maren Lundby (NOR)
- 2018–19: Maren Lundby (NOR)
- 2019–20: Maren Lundby (NOR)
- 2020–21: Nika Križnar (SLO)
- 2021–22: Marita Kramer (AUT)
- 2022–23: Eva Pinkelnig (AUT)
- 2023–24: Nika Prevc (SLO)
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