Roar Ljøkelsøy

Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup.

Roar Ljøkelsøy

Ljøkelsøy in Oslo, 2005
Personal information
Born	(1976-05-31) 31 May 1976 Orkdal Municipality, Norway
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Seasons	1993–2010
Indiv. starts	350
Indiv. podiums	32
Indiv. wins	11
Team starts	30
Team podiums	16
Team wins	6
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	230.5 m (756 ft) Planica, 20 March 2005
Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 2 World Championships 0 2 2 Ski Flying World Championships 4 0 0 Total 4 2 4 Olympic Games 2006 Turin Individual NH 2006 Turin Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 Oberstdorf Individual LH 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH 2007 Sapporo Individual LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2004 Planica Individual 2004 Planica Team 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 10 February 2016

Career

He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent competitor in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, finishing runner-up in both. In 2003–04 he won seven out of the last eleven competitions, finishing ten points short of eventual winner Janne Ahonen.

In addition to winning eleven individual and three team World Cup events, Ljøkelsøy won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2004. He then won the individual and team gold medal at the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica.

At the 2005 Ski Jumping World Championships, Ljøkelsøy won a silver medal on the individual large hill and a bronze on the team large hill. In 2006, he retained his Ski Flying World Championship in Kulm, winning with over twenty points to the next competitor, despite feeling ill. The next day, he led the Norwegian team to victory in the team event, together with Ingebrigtsen, Romøren and Lars Bystøl.

At the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships in Sapporo, Ljøkelsøy won silver on the team large hill and bronze on the individual large hill.

Ljøkelsøy retired from the sport after competing in the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, with his last official jump being 193.5 metres.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1992/93	53	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	17	10	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	33	65	26	N/A	N/A
1995/96	15	27	5	N/A	15
1996/97	13	13	9	24	14
1997/98	32	38	23	39	32
1998/99	29	67	44	24	27
1999/00	29	19	23	28	27
2000/01	28	20	24	68	N/A
2001/02	35	44	N/A	43	N/A
2002/03	9	6	N/A	16	N/A
2003/04		9	N/A		N/A
2004/05		6	N/A		N/A
2005/06	4		N/A	16	N/A
2006/07	14	17	N/A	12	N/A
2007/08	37	31	N/A	63	N/A
2008/09	25	56	19	28	N/A
2009/10	30	23	—	21	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2002/03	25 January 2003	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120 (night)	LH
2	2003/04	6 December 2003	Trondheim	Granåsen K120 (night)	LH
3		20 December 2003	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
4		24 January 2004	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120 (night)	LH
5		25 January 2004	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH
6		7 February 2004	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH
7		12 March 2004	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH
8		14 March 2004	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K115	LH
9	2004/05	29 January 2005	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
10		6 February 2005	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134	LH
11	2005/06	22 January 2006	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134	LH

References

• Roar Ljoekelsoey at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Official website