Torbjørn Yggeseth

Who was Torbjørn Yggeseth?

Torbjørn Yggeseth was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the 1960s. He was born in Asker.

Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1963, the same year he earned the Holmenkollen medal. He also had two career victories. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the individual large hill event at Squaw Valley in 1960. After retiring from active ski jumping, Yggeseth had been involved in administrative roles inside the FIS, including serving on its technical committee for ski jumping as chair from 1982 to 2004.

Yggeseth also trained in the United States Air Force as a pilot. He also created the Ski Jumping World Cup which first began in the 1979–80 season.

Yggeseth died of cancer.