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ole ellesæter -lrb- 1966 -rrb- ole martin ellefsæter nybygda il furnes , hedmark , norway 183 cm ftin on men 's cross country skiing 15 february 1939 ole ellefsæter.jpg ole ellefsæter
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ole ellefsæter

ole martin ellefsæter -lrb- 15 february 1939 in furnes , norway -rrb- is a retired sportsman from norway .
he chiefly competed in cross-country skiing , and won two gold medals at the 1968 winter olympics .
at the 1966 fis nordic world ski championships he won one gold -lrb- 4 x 10 km -rrb- and one silver -lrb- 15 km -rrb- medal , and in 1971 he became the first norwegian to win vasaloppet .
anders and jørgen aukland are the only other norwegians to win this ski race .
in 1967 , ellefsæter won the 50 km event at the holmenkollen ski festival , the same year he was awarded the holmenkollen medal , shared with toini gustafsson .
ellefsæter also participated in athletics , and won the national championships in 3,000 metres steeplechase six times in a row from 1960-1965 .
his personal best time was 8:43.8 minutes , achieved on bislett stadion in june 1962 .
this gives him a 26th place on the norwegian all-time performers list .
-lsb- http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/m3000h.htm for his accomplishments in cross-country skiing and athletics , ellefsæter received the egebergs Ærespris in 1965 .
ellefsæther also had a musical career at the time of his ski career .
after he won gold at the 1968 olympics in grenoble , the song `` alle kluter til '' that was written particularly for the grenoble olympics became a big hit in norway .
