Henning Stensrud (born August 20, 1977 in
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ski jumper, currently residing in
Trondheimis a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
,
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. He debuted on the Norwegian World Cup team in 1996, and his 4th place in Engelberg 1997 and Oberstdorf 1998 is his best result to this date.
At the
1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
in Nagano, Stensrud finished in the team large hill event, 23rd in the indiviaul normal hill, and 38th in the individual large hill events.
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Henning Stensrud (born August 20, 1977 in
Lørenskogis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lørenskog. Lørenskog was separated from the municipality of Skedsmo on 1 January 1908.-Name:...
) is a
NorwegianNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
ski jumper, currently residing in
Trondheimis a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
. He debuted on the Norwegian World Cup team in 1996, and his 4th place in Engelberg 1997 and Oberstdorf 1998 is his best result to this date.
At the
1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
in Nagano, Stensrud finished in the team large hill event, 23rd in the indiviaul normal hill, and 38th in the individual large hill events. His best finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsThe FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...
was eighth in the individual large hill event at
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in 2001. His lone World Cup victory was in a team large hill event in Lahti in 2005.
Stensrud retired after the 2007-08 season.