Olaf Tandberg

Olaf Tandberg was a Norwegian doctor and Nordic skier.

Career

On 11 February 1900 he set the ski jumping world record distance 35.5 metres at Solbergbakken hill in Bærum, Norway.
A year later he won the Nordic combined event at Holmenkollen and won the royal trophy. In later years he was a ski jumping judge in Holmenkollen between 1918 and 1930.

Ski jumping world record

Set on the first ever official ski jumping competition.

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
11 February 1900	Solbergbakken	Bærum, Norway	35.5	116