Vegard Opaas
| Vegard Opaas | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |
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| Born |
11 January 1962 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best |
191 m (627 ft) Planica, 15 Mar 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1982–1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yellow bibs | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 (1987) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 February 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Vegard Opaas (born 11 January 1962) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Career
He had his biggest season in 1987 when he became the first Norwegian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup. Espen Bredesen has been the other ski jumper from Norway to match that performance in 1993/94.
That same year he won three medals at the world championships in Oberstdorf. This included two silvers (individual large hill, team large hill) and one bronze (individual normal hill). He also finished eighth in the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he also participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H |
|---|---|---|
| 1981/82 | 40 | — |
| 1982/83 | 32 | — |
| 1983/84 | 10 | 45 |
| 1984/85 | 30 | — |
| 1985/86 | 7 | 5 |
| 1986/87 |  |  |
| 1987/88 | 12 | 27 |
| 1988/89 | 15 | 21 |
| 1989/90 | 41 | 43 |
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983/84 | 6 December 1983 |  | Big Thunder K120 | LH |
| 2 | 1985/86 | 14 December 1985 |  | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
| 3 | 1986/87 | 13 December 1986 | | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
| 4 | 30 December 1986 |  |
Schattenbergschanze K115 | LH | |
| 5 | 11 January 1987 |  |
MS 1970 B K88 | NH | |
| 6 | 20 March 1987 | |
Marikollen K85 | NH | |
| 7 | 1988/89 | 11 December 1988 | | MacKenzie Intervale K86 | NH |
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