Jørgen Graabak

Jørgen Graabak
	Graabak in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Jørgen Nyland Graabak
Nationality	Norway
Born	26 April 1991; Melhus Municipality, Norway
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Skiing
Club	Byåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons	2011–2025
Indiv. starts	228
Indiv. podiums	46
Indiv. wins	7
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in 2020)
Medal record
Men's Nordic combined
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Championships
	Updated on 23 May 2025

Jørgen Nyland Graabak (born 26 April 1991) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier. With four victories, he has won more Olympic gold medals in the sport than any other athlete.

Biography

He hails from Trondheim Municipality and represents the club Byåsen IL.^[1]

Career

Graabak has seven world cup victories. He competed for Norway at the 2014 Winter Olympics. After not participating in the Normal Hill race, he replaced Mikko Kokslien in the large hill event and won gold, having placed 6th after the jumping stage. In the Men's Nordic combined relay, he won a second gold, racing Norway's final leg.

He was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.^[2]

Record

Olympic Games

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

Year	Individual NH	Individual LH	Team LH
2014	—	Gold	Gold
2018	18	10	Silver
2022	Silver	Gold	Gold

World Championships

8 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Individual NH	Individual LH	Team NH	Team sprint LH
2013	38	—	Silver	—
2015	8	24	Silver	—
2017	11	22	Silver	—
2019	9	DNS2	Gold	—
2021	9	14	Gold	—
2023	8	8	Gold	N/a
2025	6	Silver	Bronze	N/a

References

↑ "FIS bio". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

Jørgen Graabak at FIS (Nordic combined)

Jørgen Graabak at Olympics.com

Jørgen Graabak at Team Norway (in Norwegian)

Jørgen Graabak at Olympedia

Jørgen Graabak at InterSportStats
Jørgen Graabak on Instagram

[1] "FIS bio". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[2] Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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Olympic champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual large hill
7.5 km sprint	2002: Samppa Lajunen (FIN) 2006: Felix Gottwald (AUT)
10 km individual large hill	2010: Bill Demong (USA) 2014: Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2018: Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2026: Jens Lurås Oftebro (NOR)

Olympic champions in men's team Nordic combined
3 x 10 km	1988: Müller, Pohl, Schwarz (FRG) 1992: Mikata, Kono, Ogiwara (JPN) 1994: Kono, Abe, Ogiwara (JPN)
4 x 5 km	1998: Skard, Braaten, Engen Vik, Lundberg (NOR) 2002: Mantila, Manninen, Tallus, Lajunen (FIN) 2006: M. Gruber, Bieler, Gottwald, Stecher (AUT) 2010: B. Gruber, Kreiner, Gottwald, Stecher (AUT) 2014: Moan, Krog, Graabak, Klemetsen (NOR) 2018: Geiger, Rießle, Frenzel, Rydzek (GER) 2022: Andersen, Bjørnstad, Graabak, Oftebro (NOR)
2 × 7.5 km	2026: Skoglund, Oftebro (NOR)

Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900	1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1900–1950	1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken (NOR) 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951–2000	1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SUI), Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2024: Jessie Diggins (USA), Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR), Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR) 2025: Iivo Niskanen (FIN), Peter Prevc (SLO), Akito Watabe (JPN), Dorothea Wierer (ITA), Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) 2026: Heidi Weng (NOR), Ebba Andersson (SWE), Federico Pellegrino (ITA), Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN), Nils-Erik Ulset (NOR), Franziska Preuß (GER)