Olaf Tandberg (7 July 1879 – 15 June 1932) was a Norwegian doctor and Nordic skier.
Career On 11 February 1900 he set the ski jumping world record distance 35.5 metres (116 ft) at Solbergbakken hill in Bærum, Norway.Jakob Vaage, Tom Kristensen: Holmenkollen – Historien og resultatene. De norske Bokklubbene, Stabekk 1992. (s. 192-193, digitalisert av Nasjonalbiblioteket)
A year later he won the Nordic combined event at Holmenkollen and won the royal trophy. In later years he was a ski jumping judge in Holmenkollen between 1918 and 1930.
Ski jumping world record Set on the first ever official ski jumping competition. DateHillLocationMetresFeet11 February 1900 Solbergbakken Bærum, Norway35.5116
References
External links Sondre Norheim – The Skiing Pioneer of Telemark