Ivar Formo
Norwegian orienteer
Ivar Formo in January, 1973
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Born |
24 June 1951
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1951-06-24
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Oslo , Norway |
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Died |
26 December 2006
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2006-12-27
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(aged
55)
Nordmarka , Oslo, Norway |
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Life partner(s) | Wenche Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s.
Career
He won four medals at the Winter Olympics . Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay ( 1974 , 1978 ). Formo also competed in orienteering , winning a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 world championships , where he also placed ninth in the individual contest. [1]
He represented the club SFK Lyn . He won a number of awards for his accomplishments within sports, notably the Holmenkollen medal in 1975 (shared with Gerhard Grimmer and his good friend and rival Oddvar Brå ) and Egebergs Ærespris in 1973.
In 1979 he was part of the Lyn Jukola orienteering relay winning team.
After retiring as an athlete he had a successful career as a businessman, and served as chairman of the cross-country committee (1983–1988) in the International Ski Federation . [2] Formo earned an engineering degree, and was chairman of the board of Ignis at the time of his death.
Formo was found drowned in the lake Store Sandungen in Nordmarka , the forests surrounding Oslo . He had gone jogging and skating through the area and had most likely fallen through the ice. [3] He was survived by his two sons, and his partner during fifteen years, former orienteering competitor Wenche Jacobsen . [3]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) . [4]
Olympic Games
- 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km |
4
×
10
km
relay |
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1972 | 20 | Bronze | — | — | Silver |
1976 | 24 | 5 | 11 | Gold | Silver |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (2 bronze)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km |
4
×
10
km
relay |
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1974 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 12 | Bronze |
1978 | 26 | 14 | — | — | Bronze |
References
- ↑ "World Orienteering Championships 1974" . International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 13 July 2017 .
- ↑ FIS Newsflash Edition 108. January 3, 2007.
- 1 2 "Tok farvel med Ivar Formo" . nrk.no (in Norwegian). 5 January 2007 . Retrieved 10 February 2019 .
- ↑ "FORMO Ivar" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . Retrieved 7 January 2020 .
External links
- databaseOlympics.com profile on Formo – Accessed December 27, 2006.
- Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in English) .
- Formo's death announced – Accessed December 27, 2006 (in Norwegian) .
- Formo's training schedule in preparation for the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – Accessed December 27, 2006.
- Ivar Formo at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Preceded by |
Egebergs Ærespris
1973 |
Succeeded by |
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Authority control : People |
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