He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent competitor in the &lt;a href="2003%E2%80%9304%20FIS%20Ski%20Jumping%20World%20Cup"&gt;2003/04&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="2004%E2%80%9305%20FIS%20Ski%20Jumping%20World%20Cup"&gt;2004/05&lt;/a&gt; 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.