Tom Hilde
Tom Hilde André ( born September 22, 1987 in Bærum ) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He won so far with the Norwegian team four silver medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships team competitions. In addition, a bronze medal comes at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010.
Career
After winning the championship summer on the normal hill in 2004 Hilda celebrated in the season 2004/ 05 significant successes in the junior jumping under the Norges Cup. In the course of the season he won four events for themselves. In the spring of 2005 he was the Norwegian Junior Championship second in the large hill and fourth on the normal hill. Together with the Norwegian team, he finished sixth at the Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi. The following year, Hilde moved up in the men's team. He won in Vegårshei jumping of the Norges Cup and was at the Norwegian Championship on the normal hill sixth. Finally, in Lillehammer he gave on 10 March 2006 his debut in the World Cup and immediately reached Rank 19
Since the season 2006/ 07 he is part of the national team of the Norwegian ski jumper. This laid the Finnish national coach Mika Kojonkoski fixed in an eliminator jumping. He said: " We find that the time is ripe for new energy and fresh blood. We believe that Tom and Anders represent just that. Therefore, they are in the senior team. " Tom Hilde was traded in advance of the Norwegian newspapers as the largest new hope in the ski circus.
In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo Hilde won together with Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen and Roar Ljøkelsøy the silver medal in the team competition on the large hill. In February 2008 he won at the Ski Flying World Championships bronze in the team.
In September 2007, he moved from Asker to Lillehammer to save yourself the long drive to the training. Start of the season 2007/ 08 he took something of a surprise third place in the World Cup in Kuusamo and with the team even ranked first ahead of Austria. The season he continued successfully continued, reaching a total of eight podiums, and celebrated on 12 and 13 January 2008 in Val di Fiemme his first two World Cup victories. On March 9, 2008, he was second in the overall standings of the Nordic Tournament. When ski flying in Planica on March 15, 2008, he secured with his team (Anders Jacobsen, Anders Bardal and Bjørn Einar Romøren ) the first place. He finished the season off with the fourth place in the overall World Cup. In addition, he is the youngest Norwegian ski jumpers of all time, who won a World Cup victory.
In the Norwegian Championships in Trondheim on 30 March 2008, he won on the normal hill rank 11 and with the team " Askerhus Skikrets " ( Henning Stensrud, Bjørn Einar and Kim Rene Elverum Romøren Sorsell ) gold.
In early April 2008, he took a minor role as a flower boy in his favorite series Hotel Cæsar. He has two sisters: his older brother Terje, who is also a ski jumper, and his younger brother Truls.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he reached in jumping on the normal hill together with the Czech Roman Koudelka the 12th Place. With the team he won the bronze medal in the team competition.
At the opening of the Four Hills Tournament 2011 in Oberstdorf Hilde broke a vertebra. After just two months break, he was in ski flying in Oberstdorf on 17 February 2012 his comeback. In June 2013 Hilde had surgery on the ankle, as he had felt a lot of pain.