| Lasse Ottesen | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50) Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Aurskog-Finstadbru SK | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1991–2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 193 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Lasse Ottesen (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002.
Career
He grew up in the little hamlet of Aurskog in eastern Norway and represented the local sports club Aurskog-Finstadbru SK.
His biggest success at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where he earned a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill. Ottesen also finished 4th at the 1995 Nordic skiing World Championships in the Individual Large Hill. In 1997, he sat the world record in Planica with 212 meters.
After retiring, he became a coach. He was the ski jumping coach for the Nordic combined teams of Norway and then the United States, and later became the head coach for the United States.
Lasse is now Nordic combined director in the International Ski Federation (FIS). He’s work for FIS has been outstanding since he was offered the job in 2011, particularly he’s work for spearheading women’s Nordic Combined.
Controversy
In the 1993/94 Four Hills Tournament, Ottesen was accused of helping his compatriot Espen Bredesen beat German Jens Weißflog. Weißflog was protecting an 8-point lead before the last jump, and the jumping order was Bredesen – Ottesen – Weißflog. After Bredesen's jump, Ottesen delayed his jump and was disqualified. The wind conditions being worsened, Weißflog lost 20 points on his last jump, lost the tourney and complained of foul play afterwards.
Ski jumping world record
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 1997 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 212 | 696 |
References
External links
- Lasse Ottesen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Lasse Ottesen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byEspen Bredesen | World's longest ski jump 22 March 1997 – 19 March 1999 |
Succeeded byMartin Schmitt |
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Aurskog-Høland
- Skiers from Akershus
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Norwegian ski jumping coaches
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen