Christine Nordhagen is a Canadian former wrestler.
Jens Weißflog is a German former ski jumper. He is the most successful German ski jumper of all time. Only Finns Matti Nykänen and Janne Ahonen, Pole Adam Małysz and Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer have won more World Cup victories.
Vegard Ulvang is a Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. He has retired from international and Olympic competition. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on part of all the athletes. In addition to his Olympic achievements, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1991, and won the World Cup in 1990. He has also won nine gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the Norwegian Championships. He earned nine World Cup race victories. Ulvang also won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1989, 1991 and 1992.
Vegard Heggem is a former Norway international footballer.
Dag Otto Lauritzen is a retired Norwegian professional cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in the individual road race. He was the first Norwegian to win a stage of the Tour de France, which he did on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden. Over his career he rode the Tour de France eight times.
The Norway national handball team is the national team of Norway. It is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions. As of 2019, Norway has been in 2 finals.
Joker Fuel of Norway is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Norway. The team is managed by Birger Hungerholdt with assistance from directeur sportifs Gino van Oudehove and Anders Linnestad. The team has had well known riders, including Alexander Kristoff who rode for the team from 2007-2009, and Edvald Boasson Hagen who joined the team in 2006 Maxbo–Bianchi and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir.
Vegard Forren is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Eliteserien club Molde FK. He has been capped over thirty times for Norway.
Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.
Rolf Nordhagen was a Norwegian physicist and computer scientist.
The Norwegian National Time Trial Championships are held annually. They are a cycling race which decides the Norwegian cycling champion in the time trial discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1921 and was won by Ole Moen. At the beginning there were often back-to-back wins from many riders. Recent multiple victors have included Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thor Hushovd, Kurt Asle Arvesen and Steffen Kjærgaard. The current champion is Boasson Hagen, who won his eighth title in 2016.
Vegard Stake Laengen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Svein Gaute Hølestøl is a Norwegian former professional cyclist. He was born in Stavanger. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the 1999 Norwegian National Road Race Championships and the 2000 Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.
Vegard Breen is a Norwegian cyclist riding for Joker Icopal. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.
Frøydis Meen Wærsted is a former road cyclist from Norway. She represented her nation at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships and 2010 UCI Road World Championships. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2011.
Cato Nordbeck is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1965.
Morten Christiansenl is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2005.
Tormod Hausken Jacobsen is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2014.
Vegard Robinson Bugge is a Norwegian cyclist riding for Team Sparebanken Sør.
