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Norwegian alpine skier From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finn Christian "Finken" Jagge (4 April 1966 – 8 July 2020) was a Norwegian alpine skier.[1][2]
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Born | Stabekk, Norway | 4 April 1966||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 July 2020 54) Oslo, Norway | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Technical events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the son of alpine skier Liv Jagge-Christiansen and tennis player Finn Dag Jagge.[3] In the World Cup he won seven slalom victories.[4] He also won the Norwegian Championship eight times.[5] His career highlight came with the gold medal in the slalom competition at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville.[6] He retired in 2000.[7] He trained the Norwegian women ski team from 2005 to 2007.[8] He worked for the Norwegian telecom company Ludo[9] and later as a Partner Headhunter for Dynamic People Headhunting in Oslo.[10][11] Jagge won the Norwegian reality TV show Mesternes Mester in 2011.[12] He was 54 years old, when he died after a short illness in July 2020. He was married to Trine-Lise Jagge and had two children.[13]
Date[14] | Location | Race |
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17 December 1991 | Madonna di Campiglio | Slalom |
9 January 1994 | Kranjska Gora | Slalom |
15 March 1997 | Vail | Slalom |
15 December 1997 | Sestriere | Slalom |
14 December 1998 | Sestriere | Slalom |
28 February 1999 | Ofterschwang | Slalom |
13 December 1999 | Madonna di Campiglio | Slalom |
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