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
Country Norway
Born (1976-05-31) 31 May 1976 (age 48)
Orkdal, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best230.5 m (756 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons19932010
Starts350
Podiums32
Wins11
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
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Individual LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Planica Individual
Gold medal – first place 2004 Planica Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

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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

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Standings

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 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

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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

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