Olaf Hoffsbakken

Olaf Hoffsbakken

Olaf Hoffsbakken (1936)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-PartenkirchenIndividual
World Championships
1938 LahtiIndividual
1938 LahtiIndividual
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
1935 Vysoké Tatry4 × 10 km relay
1935 Vysoké Tatry18 km

Olaf Hoffsbakken (2 September 1908 23 November 1986) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two silver medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in both the Nordic combined and the 4 × 10 km relay.

In addition, he won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. This included a gold in the Nordic combined (1938), a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay (1935), and a bronze in the 18 km (1935).

Hoffsbakken won the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event twice (1936 and 1939). In 1937, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegians Birger Ruud and Martin P. Vangsli.