Karl Johan Baadsvik

Karl Johan Baadsvik ( born August 22, 1910 in Fillan, Hitra, Sør -Trøndelag, Norway, † October 5, 1995 in Washington, United States) was a Canadian skier.

Baadsvik, who with his family emigrated after his birth in Norway to America and coached the Viking Ski Club in Montreal, launched at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch -Partenkirchen for Canada in the disciplines of ski jumping, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and downhill skiing. In ski jumping, he reached with jumps of 63.5 and 59 meters at the end of the 35th place. In cross-country skiing he reached the 64th place in the individual race over 18 kilometers. In the Nordic combined ski jumping after he was in 14th place, but could only occupy 41st place after a disappointing 47th place in the long run at the end. In the alpine combination he could even do not classify themselves. Although he had reached number 26 in the downhill and slalom was in after the first run on the 37th, but retired in the second run from.