- Odd Martinsen
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Medal record Men's cross country skiing Competitor for 
NorwayOlympic Games Gold 1968 Grenoble 4 x 10 km Silver 1968 Grenoble 30 km Silver 1976 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km World Championships Gold 1966 Oslo 4 x 10 km Silver 1970 Vysoké Tatry 15 km Bronze 1966 Oslo 15 km Bronze 1970 Vysoké Tatry 30 km Bronze 1974 Falun 4 x 10 km Odd Martinsen (born December 20, 1942 in Nittedal) was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's. He won three medals at the Winter Olympics, a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay (1968), and silvers in the 30 km (1968) and the 4 x 10 km relay (1976). Martinsen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay (1966), a silver in the 15 km (1970), and bronzes in the 15 km (1966) , 30 km (1970), and 4 x 10 km relay (1974). At the 1969 Holmenkollen ski festival, he won the 15 km competition. For his cross country skiing successes in Norway and abroad, Martinsen received the Holmenkollen medal in 1969. Thirty-two years later, his daughter, Bente Skari, received the Holmenkollen medal, making them the only father-daughter combination to ever win the prestigious honor. Odd Martinsen was a member of Nittedal IL.
At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Martinsen was chief of competition for the cross country skiing competitions.
National achievements
Norwegian champion: 15 km (1966, 1970), 30 km (1969, 1971), 4 x 10 km :1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1978.
References
- Odd Martinsen at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Lillehammer 1994 Book 4 results - cross country skiing section
1933: Sweden (Per-Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund & Hjalmar Bergström) * 1934: Finland (Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen & Veli Saarinen) * 1935: Finland (Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen & Sulo Nurmela) * 1937: Norway (Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen & Lars Bergendahl) * 1938: Finland (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen & Klaes Karppinen) * 1939: Finland (Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora & Klaes Karppinen) * 1950: Sweden (Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström & Enar Josefsson) * 1954: Finland (August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen & Veikko Hakulinen) * 1958: Sweden (Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn & Per-Erik Larsson) * 1962: Sweden (Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg & Assar Rönnlund) * 1966: Norway: (Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter & Gjermund Eggen) * 1970: Soviet Union: (Vladimir Voronkov, Valery Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin) * 1974: East Germany (Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer & Gert-Dietmar Klause) * 1978: Sweden (Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby & Thomas Magnusson) * 1982: Norway (Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass & Oddvar Brå) and Soviet Union (Vladimir Nikitin, Alexander Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov & Alexander Zavyalov) * 1985: Norway (Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte & Ove Aunli) * 1987: Sweden (Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg & Torgny Mogren) * 1989: Sweden (Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland & Torgny Mogren) * 1991: Norway (Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang & Bjørn Dæhlie) * 1993: Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli & Bjørn Dæhlie) * 1995: Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie & Thomas Alsgaard) * 1997: Norway (Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie & Thomas Alsgaard) * 1999: Austria (Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov & Christian Hoffmann) * 2001: Norway (Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard & Tor Arne Hetland) * 2003: Norway (Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad & Thomas Alsgaard) * 2005: Norway: (Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger & Tore Ruud Hofstad) * 2007: Norway (Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Lars Berger & Petter Northug) * 2009: Norway: (Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad & Petter Northug) * 2011: Norway: (Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Eldar Rønning, Tord Asle Gjerdalen & Petter Northug)1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) · 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) · 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR) · Robert Pehrson (NOR) · 1901: Askel Refstad (NOR) · 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) · 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) · 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) · 1907: Per Bakken · 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) · 1909: Thorvald Hansen · 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl · 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR) · Knut Holst (NOR) · 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) · 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) · 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) · 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) · 1918: Hans Horn (NOR) · Jørgen Hansen (NOR) · 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR) · Otto Aasen (NOR) · 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) · 1924: Harald Økern (NOR) · Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) · 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) · 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams · 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR) · Einar Lindboe (NOR) · 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR) · Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) · 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR) · Ole Stenen (NOR) · 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) · 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) · 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR) · Birger Ruud (NOR) · Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) · 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR) · Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) · 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE) · Lars Bergendahl (NOR) · Trygve Brodahl (NOR) · 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR) · Annar Ryen (NOR) · 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) · 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) · 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) · 1950: Olav Økern (NOR) · 1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) · 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR) · Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR) · Heikki Hasu (FIN) · Nils Karlsson (SWE) · 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) · 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) · 1955: Haakon VII (NOR) · Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) · Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) · Sverre Stenersen (NOR) · 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR) · Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR) · Arne Hoel (NOR) · 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) · 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR) · Håkon Brusveen (NOR) · 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) · 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) · Sixten Jernberg (SWE) · Sverre Stensheim (NOR) · Tormod Knutsen (NOR) · 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) · 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) · 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS) · Pavel Kolchin (URS) · Astrid Sandvik (NOR) · Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) · 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) · Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) · Georg Thoma (FRG) · Halvor Næs (NOR) · 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN) · Bengt Eriksson (SWE) · Arne Larsen (NOR) · 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE) · Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) · 1968: Olav V (NOR) · Assar Rönnlund (SWE) · Gjermund Eggen (NOR) · Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) · 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) · 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) · 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN) · Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR) · Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) · 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN) · Magne Myrmo (NOR) · 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR) · Ingolf Mork (NOR) · Franz Keller (FRG) · 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) · 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR) · Oddvar Brå (NOR) · Ivar Formo (NOR) · 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) · 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN) · Hilkka Kuntola (FIN) · Walter Steiner (SUI) · 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE) · Erik Håker (NOR) · Raisa Smetanina (URS) · 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) · 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) · 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR) · Tom Sandberg (NOR) · 1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR) · Jacob Vaage (NOR) · Armin Kogler (AUT) · 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR) · Per Bergerud (NOR) · Gunde Svan (SWE) · 1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR) · 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN) · Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) · 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) · 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR) · Trond Einar Elden (NOR) · Ernst Vettori (AUT) · Jens Weißflog (GER) · 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) · 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) · 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) · Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) · Espen Bredesen (NOR) · 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) · 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) · 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) · Stefania Belmondo (ITA) · Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) · 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) · Larisa Lazutina (RUS) · Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) · Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) · 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) · 2001: Adam Małysz (POL) · Bente Skari (NOR) · Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) · 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT) · Ronny Ackermann (GER) · 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) · 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) · 2007: Frode Estil (NOR) · Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) · Harald V (NOR) · Sonja (NOR) · Simon Ammann (SUI) · 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) · 2011: Janne Ahonen (FIN)Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen winners
- Norwegian cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
- People from Nittedal
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
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