Martin Hole
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Martin Hole is a Norwegian cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

. He was born in Geilo
Geilo
is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Norway, in the valley of Hallingdal, with around 2300 inhabitants.Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, but also offers summer activities. Geilo is in a valley with mountain ranges on each side. The center of the town lies at 800 meters above sea level, and...

, and represented the club Geilo IL
Geilo IL
Geilo Idrettslag is a multi-sports club from Geilo, Norway.Established on 2 December 1917 as Gjeilo SK, it changed its name to Gjeilo IL on 19 May 1918 and later to Geilo IL. It has sections for alping skiing, freestyle skiing, skiing and biathlon, snowboarding, telemark skiing, football, handball...

. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

 in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

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He also won two Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 championships; 15km in 1985 and 30km in 1986.
After his skiing career Martin successfully entered the business arena. Today his expertise is water. He supplies water solutions in the whole world through his own company EPRON
EPRON
EPRON is a Russian language abbreviation for "Экспедиция подводных работ особого назначения", or "Special-Purpose Underwater Rescue Party". It was created in 1923 in the Soviet Union for salvaging of sunken ships and existed until 1941....

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He has two lovely children Lillvi Hole and Johannes Hole.
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