Per Bergerud
Per Bergerud ( born June 28, 1956 in Flesberg ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper. He started for the club of the city Flesberg, the vein IL.
Career
He made his first appearance in an international tournament in 1974 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. Two years later he was at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 to the Norwegian squad and jumped on the normal hill on the 43rd and on the large hill to the 26th place. On January 4, 1978 during his tour jumping on the Innsbruck Bergiselschanze his first victory succeeded. The following season, the first time the Ski Jumping World Cup was held and Bergerud belonged from the beginning to the Norwegian national team. At the 1980 Winter Olympics Bergerud started again for Norway and jumped on the normal hill on the 18th and on the large hill on the 16th Place.
In the following seasons Bergerud each celebrated a victory of the season: In 1980 he won in Vikersund, 1981 and 1983 in Engelberg, and again in 1982 in Innsbruck. In the overall standings of the Four Hills Tournament was a third place 1981/82, in the World Cup Ranking fifth place in the 1982/83 season his best placement.
Bergerud also was eightfold Norwegian national champion; In 1979 he won the competition on the Holmenkollen ski jump, and in 1985 he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal, the highest award of the Norwegian Ski Association.
However, his greatest success he celebrated at the World Championships. 1982 in Oslo, he was with the Norwegian team team world champion, and 1985 in Seefeld, he won gold in the large hill and bronze on the normal hill.
After this his most successful winter he ended his athletic career. Today he is chairman of the temporary employment agency Proffice, one of the largest employers in Scandinavia.