Lasse Ottesen
Lasse Ottesen | |||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
Born | Oslo, Norway | 8 April 1974||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Ski club | Aurskog-Finstadbru SK | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 1991–2002 | ||||||||||||||
Starts | 193 | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lasse Ottesen (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002.
Career
He grew up in the little hamlet of Aurskog in eastern Norway and represented the local sports club Aurskog-Finstadbru SK.
His biggest success at the
After retiring, he became a coach. He was the ski jumping coach for the Nordic combined teams of Norway and then the United States, and later became the head coach for the United States.
Lasse is now Nordic combined director in the International Ski Federation (FIS). He’s work for FIS has been outstanding since he was offered the job in 2011, particularly he’s work for spearheading women’s Nordic Combined.
Controversy
In the 1993/94 Four Hills Tournament, Ottesen was accused of helping his compatriot Espen Bredesen beat German Jens Weißflog. Weißflog was protecting an 8-point lead before the last jump, and the jumping order was Bredesen – Ottesen – Weißflog. After Bredesen's jump, Ottesen delayed his jump and was disqualified. The wind conditions being worsened, Weißflog lost 20 points on his last jump, lost the tourney and complained of foul play afterwards.[1]
Ski jumping world record
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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22 March 1997 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 212 | 696 |