Anders Haugen

Anders Haugen

As of 2016, Anders Haugen was the only American to ever have won a medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 Olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later, he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at the age of 86 where he was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.

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