Vegard Opaas

Vegard Opaas
Country	Norway
Born	(1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 Oslo, Norway
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Personal best	193 m (633 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 Men's ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH 1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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.

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	01 !	02 !
1987/88	12	27
1988/89	15	21
1989/90	41	43

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1983/84	6 December 2009	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K120	LH
2	1985/86	14 December 1985	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
3	1986/87	13 December 1986	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
4		30 December 1986	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH
5		10 January 1987	Štrbské Pleso	MS 1970 B K88	NH
6		20 March 1987	Oslo	Marikollen K85	NH
7	1988/89	11 December 1988	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K86	NH

External links

• Vegard Opaas at the International Ski Federation