Espen Bredesen

Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Espen Bredesen
Country Norway
Born (1968-02-02) 2 February 1968
Oslo, Norway
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best210 m (689 ft)
Planica, 22 March 1997
World Cup career
Seasons1989–1999
Individual wins8
Indiv. podiums21
Team podiums5
Indiv. starts156
Team starts8
Overall titles1 (1994)
Four Hills titles1 (1994)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
1994 LillehammerIndividual NH
1994 LillehammerIndividual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
1993 Falun Individual LH
1993 Falun Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
1994 Planica Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer.

At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the parallel technique to the V-style just a month previously. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards.[1]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun, he won gold medals both in the team large hill and the individual large hill events. In the 1993/94 season, he won the Four Hills Tournament. He won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, and won a silver medal 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 ski festival in 1993. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov).

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1989/90 ———N/AN/A
1990/91 342123N/AN/A
1991/92 342618N/AN/A
1992/93 5335N/AN/A
1993/94 N/AN/A
1994/95 152113N/AN/A
1995/96 132110N/A13
1996/97 1620113119
1997/98 434526—55
1998/99 101——5599
1999/00 79———76

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1992/9311 March 1993   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken K120LH
2 14 March 1993   OsloHolmenkollbakken K110LH
3 28 March 1993   PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH
4 1993/9411 December 1993   PlanicaSrednja Bloudkova K90NH
5 1 January 1994   Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
6 6 January 1994   BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
7 15 January 1994   LiberecJeštěd B K120LH
8 1994/955 February 1995   FalunLugnet K90 (night)NH

Ski jumping world record
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
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 and 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
  1. Athlete profile: Espen Bredesen Sports Illustrated
Records
Preceded by
Toni Nieminen		 World's longest ski jump
18 March 1994 – 22 March 1997		 Succeeded by
Lasse Ottesen

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