Espen Bredesen
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Career
At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer.
At the
Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards.[1]
At the
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1994 in Planica. Bredesen twice beat the world ski flying
record with jumps of 209 meters (1994) and 210 meters (1997).
Bredesen also won the ski jumping competition at the
Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov
).
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT | JP |
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1989/90 | — | — | — | N/A | N/A |
1990/91 | 34 | 21 | 23 | N/A | N/A |
1991/92 | 34 | 26 | 18 | N/A | N/A |
1992/93 | 5 | 33 | 5 | N/A | N/A |
1993/94 | ![]() |
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N/A | N/A |
1994/95 | 15 | 21 | 13 | N/A | N/A |
1995/96 | 13 | 21 | 10 | N/A | 13 |
1996/97 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 19 |
1997/98 | 43 | 45 | 26 | — | 55 |
1998/99 | 101 | — | — | 55 | 99 |
1999/00
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79 | — | — | — | 76 |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 1992/93 | 11 March 1993 | ![]() |
Lysgårdsbakken K120 | LH |
2 | 14 March 1993 | ![]() |
Holmenkollbakken K110 | LH | |
3 | 28 March 1993 | ![]() |
Bloudkova velikanka K120 | LH | |
4 | 1993/94 | 11 December 1993 | ![]() |
Srednja Bloudkova K90 | NH |
5 | 1 January 1994 | ![]() |
Große Olympiaschanze K107 | LH | |
6 | 6 January 1994 | ![]() |
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 | LH | |
7 | 15 January 1994 | ![]() |
Ještěd B K120 | LH | |
8 | 1994/95 | 5 February 1995 | ![]() |
Lugnet K90 (night) | NH |
Ski jumping world record
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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18 March 1994 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 209 | 686 |
22 March 1997 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 210 | 689 |
WR statement
Bredesen's statement after his first world record in Planica 1994 when he jumped 209m:
Without any doubt this is my greatest life and career achievement. Nothing can compare with this world record. Not even my Olympic or world championships gold. Now I know how birds feel when they fly in the air.
References
- Espen Bredesen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)