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    Sondre Norheim, born Sondre Auverson, (10 June 1825 – 9 March 1897) was a Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. Sondre Norheim is known as the...
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    after the Telemark region of Norway, where the discipline originated. Sondre Norheim is often credited for first demonstrating the turn in ski races, which...
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  • midfielder Sondre Sørløkk (born 1997), Norwegian football midfielder Sondre Tronstad (born 1995), Norwegian football midfielder Sondre Norheim (1825–1897)...
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    sideways together. The stem Christiana was developed by Sondre Norheim in the mid-1800s. Norheim was a Norwegian skier and inventor whose innovations included...
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    of its skiers and as the home of the pioneer of modern techniques, Sondre Norheim. Amundsen shared Nansen's belief that skis and sledge dogs provided...
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    world record for the longest ski jump at 20 meters. In the first years, Sondre Norheim was dominating. Later, the brothers Mikkjel and Torjus Hemmestveit were...
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    first ski jump trace back to 1808, when Olaf Rye reached 9.5 m (31 ft). Sondre Norheim, who is regarded as the "father" of the modern ski jumping, won the...
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    the birthplace of the sport of downhill skiing. Morgedal was home to Sondre Norheim who is often called the father of modern skiing. It was also home to...
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    sport. Telemark lent its name to Telemark skiing, a style invented by Sondre Norheim, and the characteristic Telemark landing of ski jumping. Telemark is...
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    fastened over the toe of the boot, similar to those used for snowshoes. Sondre Norheim demonstrated telemark skiing before 1866, and the Open Christiania turn...
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    included racing downhill among trees "without falling or breaking skis". Sondre Norheim and other skiers from Telemark practiced uvyrdslåm or "disrespectful/reckless...
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  • Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1877) 1825 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (d. 1897) 1832 – Edwin Arnold, English poet...
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    Norwegian legend Sondre Norheim first began the trend of skis with curved sides, and bindings with stiff heel bands made of willow. Norheim also trended the...
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  • Norheim (born 1976), a Norwegian politician from the Progress Party Sondre Norheim (1825–1897), was a Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing Nordheim...
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  • von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836) 1897 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825) 1918 – Frank Wedekind, German author...
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  • 2013. "Skis – Bindings – Telemark Turn – Christiania Turn – Slalom". Sondre Norheim - the Skiing Pioneer of Telemark. Retrieved 25 September 2012. Haarstad...
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  • Tveita 17 DF  NOR Lasse Qvigstad 18 FW  POR Duarte Moreira 20 DF  NOR Sondre Norheim 22 MF  NOR Marius Mattingsdal 23 MF  NOR Kristian Håland 24 DF  NOR...
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  • 27, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2016. Rolf Bryhn (June 29, 2018). "Sondre Norheim". SNL.no (in Norwegian). Dolch, Craig (March 4, 2011). "Chirkinian's...
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    dominated alpine ski design. Early modern skis, made in Telemark, Norway by Sondre Norheim, were handmade from a single piece of hardwood and featured a relatively...
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  • Nilsen, footballer Sara Nordenstam, swimmer Håvard Nordtveit, footballer Sondre Norheim, skier, pioneer of modern skiing Petter Northug, cross-country skier...
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    from the Vatnas area of Sigdal, Norway Sondre Norheim statue - Norwegian born father of modern skiing Sondre Norheim eternal flame - monument represents...
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  • abandoned ski jumping hill located in Brunkeberg, Norway opened in 1868. Sondre Norheim set the second men's ski jumping world record in history and only one...
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    the "Cradle of Modern Skiing" ("Skisportens vugge") and the home of Sondre Norheim. Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo...
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  • photos, videos, and more. Athens Info Guide – A list of past torches Sondre Norheim – on the three occasions when the Olympic flame was lit in Morgedal...
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    Lekum gård (farm), a few hundred metres away from Eidsberg church. Sondre Norheim, credited as the 'father' of modern skiing, made the second official...
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  • (disambiguation) Norde (disambiguation) Norden (disambiguation) Norheim (cf.Sondre Norheim) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    Valley City and Grand Forks. Sondre Norheim, Father of Modern Skiing, emigrated to North Dakota. On May 30, 1884, Sondre and Rannei left Norway together...
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  • lit in the hearth of the Morgedal House, birthplace of skiing pioneer Sondre Norheim. The torch relay lasted two days and was conducted entirely on skis...
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  • skier and coach Roar Ljøkelsøy, ski jumper Ingolf Mork, ski jumper Sondre Norheim, pioneering alpine skier Petter Northug, double Olympic Gold cross-...
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    Schiller Spring Grove Strege Velva Villard Voltaire Wagar Willow Creek Sondre Norheim, pioneer of modern skiing Cordell Volson, professional football player...
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