Torbjørn Løkken
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| Born | 28 June 1963 (age 61) Biri, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Nordic combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Biri Idrettslag | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3×5 km team events.
Løkken also competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, finishing sixth in the individual and fourth in the team events.[1] He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988 Holmenkollen ski festival and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987–88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989–90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[2]
After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, having abused alcohol, pills and eventually heroin for 15 years.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Torbjørn Løkken. sports-reference.com
- ^ Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
- ^ Dagbladet: Drikking, piller, narkotika og kjøring i rus (Norwegian)
External links
[edit]- Torbjoern Loekken at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
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- 1963 births
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers
- Living people
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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