Astrid Sandvik (born 1 October 1939) is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth (with fellow Norwegian and 1958 Holmenkollen medalist Inger Bjørnbakken) in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and Sport involving sliding down Snow -covered hills with long Skis attached Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian Skiing 's highest award for competitors Inger Bjørnbakken (born 28 December 1933 in Bærum) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished tied for 6th (with fellow Norwegian The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Hayden is a town and municipality in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy. In 1963, Sandvik earned the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, and Torbjørn Yggeseth. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian Skiing 's highest award for competitors Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina (Алевти́на Па́вловна Ко́лчина alternate spelling Alevtina Koltsjina, born November 11 1930 Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin (sometimes spelled Pavel Koltsjin; Павел Константинович Колчин (born January 9 1930 in Torbjørn Yggeseth (born 18 June 1934) was a Norwegian Ski jumper who was active in the 1960s ). Sandvik is one of only eleven non-nordic skiers to ever win the Holmenkollen medal (Stein Eriksen, King Haakon VII, Boghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken, Sandvik, King Olav V, Erik Håker, Jacob Vaage, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja (all from Norway); and Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden) are the others. Nordic skiing is a Winter sport that encompasses all types of Skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski Stein Eriksen (born December 11, 1927) is a Norwegian-American former professional alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Borghild Niskin (born 19 February 1924) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished 7th in the women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics Inger Bjørnbakken (born 28 December 1933 in Bærum) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished tied for 6th (with fellow Norwegian Olav V (2 July 1903 &ndash 17 January 1991 was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Jakob Vaage (1905-1994 was a Norwegian historian who served as curator of the Holmenkollen ski museum from 1946 to 1984 Childhood and education When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years Issue The Queen Sonja International Music Competition The then Crown Princess Sonja established this music competition in 1988 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Jan Ingemar Stenmark (born March 18, 1956 in Joesjö, Storumans municipality) is a former Swedish skier, active during "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. ).

She also finished fourth in the slalom twice at the Alpine Skiing World Championships (1958, 1962). The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• FIS-Ski: Astrid Sandvik - statistics
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Preceded by Toralf Engan

Holmenkollen medal with Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, & Torbjørn Yggeseth 1963

Succeeded by Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs

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