Olaf Hoffsbakken

Olaf Hoffsbakken (2 September 1908 – 23 November 1986) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two silver medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in both the Nordic combined and the 4 × 10 km relay.

Olaf Hoffsbakken

Olaf Hoffsbakken (1936)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Individual
World Championships
	1938 Lahti	Individual
	1938 Lahti	Individual
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
	1935 Vysoké Tatry	4 × 10 km relay
	1935 Vysoké Tatry	18 km

In addition, he won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. This included a gold in the Nordic combined (1938), a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay (1935), and a bronze in the 18 km (1935).

Hoffsbakken won the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event twice (1936 and 1939). In 1937, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegians Birger Ruud and Martin P. Vangsli.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 silver)

Year	Age	18 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1936	27	5	—	Silver

World Championships

• 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	18 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1934	25	40	—	4
1935	26	Bronze	—	Silver
1938	29	8	41	—
1939	30	16	16	4