Age, Biography and Wiki
Bjørn Wirkola was born on 4 August, 1943 in Alta, Norway, is a Norwegian ski jumper (born 1943). Discover Bjørn Wirkola's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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80 years old |
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Leo |
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4 August 1943 |
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4 August |
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Alta, Norway |
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Norway
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He is a member of famous jumper with the age 80 years old group.
Bjørn Wirkola Height, Weight & Measurements
At 80 years old, Bjørn Wirkola height is 177 cm .
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177 cm |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Bjørn Wirkola Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bjørn Wirkola worth at the age of 80 years old? Bjørn Wirkola’s income source is mostly from being a successful jumper. He is from Norway. We have estimated Bjørn Wirkola's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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jumper |
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Timeline
Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
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.
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).
On 12 March 1966, on official training, he set his first world record at 145.5 metres (477 ft) and another one on the next day at 146 metres (479 ft), both on Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway.
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.
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.
On 21 March 1969, he set his third world record at 156 metres (512 ft) and the next day his last world record at 160 metres (525 ft), both at the opening of Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 in Planica, Yugoslavia.
Besides ski jumping Wirkola played association football for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League from 1971 to 1974, and won both league and cup championships in 1971.
The same year he was awarded Egebergs Ærespris; recipients of that prize had to be international competitors in one sport and top-level national competitors in a different sport.
Wirkola is of Kven descent.
Crash at world record distance.
