Torbjørn Løkken
Norwegian nordic combined skier (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3×5 km team events.
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Born | 28 June 1963 (1963-06-28) (age 60) Biri, Norway | ||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Nordic combined | ||||||||||||||
Club | Biri Idrettslag | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Løkken also competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, finishing sixth in the individual and fourth in the team events.[1] He also won the Nordic combined event at the 1988 Holmenkollen ski festival and earned four additional individual victories in his career from 1986 to 1988. He took a year off after the 1987–88 season, and attempted a comeback in 1989–90, but quit midway through the season, claiming he no longer had the motivation to compete.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[2]
After retiring from the sport, Løkken had a troubled life. In November 2007, he came forward and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, having abused alcohol, pills and eventually heroin for 15 years.[3]