Roar Ljøkelsøy

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.

Career

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

Standings Season Overall1992/93 53 — — N/A N/A1993/94 17 10 — N/A N/A1994/95 33 65 26 N/A N/A 1995/96 15 27 5 N/A 151996/97 13 13 9 24 141997/98 32 38 23 39 321998/99 29 67 44 24 271999/00 29 19 23 28 272000/01 28 20 24 68 N/A2001/02 35 44 N/A 43 N/A2002/03 9 6 N/A 16 N/A2003/04 9 N/A N/A 2004/05 6 N/A N/A2005/06 4 N/A 16 N/A2006/07 14 17 N/A 12 N/A2007/08 37 31 N/A 63 N/A2008/09 25 56 19 28 N/A2009/10 30 23 — 21 N/A

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 2002/03 25 January 2003 Sapporo Ōkurayama K120 (night) LH2 2003/04 6 December 2003 Trondheim Granåsen K120 (night) LH3 20 December 2003 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH4 24 January 2004 Sapporo Ōkurayama K120 (night) LH5 25 January 2004 Sapporo Ōkurayama K120 LH6 7 February 2004 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185 FH7 12 March 2004 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH8 14 March 2004 Oslo Holmenkollbakken K115 LH9 2004/05 29 January 2005 Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night) LH10 6 February 2005 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS134 LH112005/06 22 January 2006 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS134 LH