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Nordic skiing is a term that includes the Olympic winter sports of Cross country skiing, Ski jumping, and Nordic combined. The Nordic skiing World Championships is the major annual event of these sports and happens in winter seasons between any two Olympic Winter Games.

Nordic Skiing Triple Crown Winners

Below is a list of Nordic skiiers that have won at the Winter Olympics, Nordic skiing World Championships, and Holmenkollen events.

Men's Nordic Combined
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Thorleif Haug Norway 1924 1924 1919, 1920, 1921
Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway 1928, 1932 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931
Oddbjørn Hagen Norway 1936 1934, 1935, 1936 1932, 1934, 1935
Heikki Hasu Finland 1948 1948, 1950 1953
Simon Slåttvik Norway 1952 1952 1948, 1950, 1951

Sverre Stenersen Norway 1956 1954, 1956 1955, 1956, 1959 (Tied with Gunder Gundersen in 1959.)
Georg Thoma West Germany 1960 1960, 1966 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Tormod Knutsen Norway 1964 1964 1958
Franz Keller West Germany 1968 1968 1967
Ulrich Wehling East Germany 1972, 1976, 1980 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980 1975, 1976, 1977
Tom Sandberg Norway 1984 1982 1974, 1982
Bjarte Engen Vik Norway 1998 1999, 2001 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Men's Ski Jump
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Birger Ruud Norway 1932, 1936 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948 1932
Arnfinn Bergmann Norway 1952 1952 1952
Antti Hyvarinen Finland 1956 1956 1956
Helmut Recknagel East Germany 1960 1960, 1962 1957, 1960
Toralf Engan Norway 1964 1962, 1964 1962
Vladimir Beloussov Soviet Union 1968 1968 1968, 1970
Karl Schnabl Austria 1976 1976 1976
Anton Innauer Austria 1980 1980 1975
Matti Nykänen Finland 1984, 1988 1982 1982
Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan 1998 1999 1997

Men's 50km
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Thorleif Haug Norway 1924 1924 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924
Nils Karlsson Sweden 1948 1948 1947, 1951
Ole Ellefsæter Norway 1968 1968 1967
Pål Tyldum Norway 1972 1972 1969, 1972
Thomas Wassberg Sweden 1984 1982 1980, 1982, 1987
Gunde Svan Sweden 1988 1985, 1989 1986, 1990

Men's 18km (Length shortened to 15km in 1950)
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Martin Lundstrom Sweden 1948 1948 1948
Hallgeir Brenden Norway 1952 1952 1952

Men's 15km (Holmenkollen ran 1954-85 and 1994)
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Hallgeir Brenden Norway 1956 1956 1956
Eero Mäntyranta Finland 1964 1964 1962, 1964, 1968
Harald Grønningen Norway 1968 1968 1960, 1961
Thomas Wassberg Sweden 1980 1980 1979, 1985
Gunde Svan Sweden 1984 1989 1985

Women's 10km (Holmenkollen ran 1954-86)
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Ljubov Kozyreva Soviet Union 1956 1954, 1956 1955
Klavdija Bojarskikh Soviet Union 1964 1964, 1966 1965, 1966
Toini Gustafsson Sweden 1968 1968 1960, 1967, 1968
Galina Kulakova Soviet Union 1972 1972, 1974 1970, 1979
Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union 1976 1976 1975

Women's 30km
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Stefania Belmondo Italy 1992 1993 1997, 2002

Women's 5km (Olympic: 1964-98, FIS: 1963-99, Holmenkollen: 1966-91)
Winner Country Winter Olympics FIS Nordic Skiing Championships Holmenkollen
Klavdija Bojarskikh Soviet Union 1964 1964 1967
Helena Takalo Finland 1976 1976, 1978 1976
Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union 1980 1980 1975

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