Geir Andersen
Geir Andersen ( born February 12, 1964 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian Nordic skier.
Career
Andersen comes from a sports family, which includes his three- year older brother Espen Andersen belonged. At age 16, he settled on the Nordic Combined. Shortly after he completed his military service. Even there, he was a sports soldier to the feed group. He celebrated his first success in the Norwegian Championship 1983 in Lillehammer. There he won the individual behind Tom Sandberg and his brother Espen the bronze medal. With the team he won gold in the team.
In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 1983 in Kuopio, he won the individual behind Heiko hunger the silver medal. On January 7, 1984, he made his debut in the World Cup Nordic Combined. Here he succeeded in individual in Schonach with second place right away his first World Cup podium.
A month later, Andersen started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1984 Junior in Trondheim. After winning the individual competition he ended up with John Riiber and Trond Arne Bredesen on the silver medal in the team competition. After these successes he was traveling as a member of the national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. There he reached the 10th place in singles.
In the following three World Cups after the Games in Falun, Lahti and Oslo, he stood each as third on the podium. The last World Cup of the season in Štrbské Pleso he finished in fifth place and finished in the end of third place in the overall World Cup standings.
The 1984/85 season was the most successful season of his sporting career. So he started with two wins in Planica and St. Moritz as well as a second rank in Schonach. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 in Seefeld in Tirol he won in the individual behind Hermann wine book the silver medal. Even with the team, which also included his brother and Hallstein Bøgseth, it reached number two. Shortly after, he won his second national title at the Norwegian Championships 1985in Tromso. He then won the individual World Cup in Leningrad and Lahti. After finishing second he reached the podium in Oslo, he won the overall World Cup significantly with distance.
In the World Cup to him repeating the success of the 1984/85 season did not succeed again. The 1985/86 season, although Andersen began successfully with the victory in Tarvisio. However, this should be the last World Cup victory of his career. In Schonau he also missed the first time a place in the top ten. The season he finished in third place overall. In the Norwegian Championships 1986 in Vang, he won in the individual as well as the team gold.
After Andersen did not start in the World Cup in the 1986/87 season, he came to the 1987/88 back for four World Cups in the national squad. However, he remained without much success. In his last season 1988/89 he again managed to kick off a third place in Saalfelden, but it was his last international success. In the Norwegian master Schadten 1989 in Steinkjer he landed with the team again on the bronze medal. His last World Cup season before end of his career, he finished 16th place overall.
Achievements
World Cup wins
World Cup Stats
The table shows the achieved placings in detail.
- Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten
- Scoring points: Number of placements within the points positions
- Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline