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Geir Ove Berg
Country	Norway
Born	(1947-03-13) 13 March 1947 (age 77) Furnes, Norway
Personal best	173 m (568 ft) Oberstdorf, West Germany (4 March 1976)

Geir Ove Berg (born 13 March 1947) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Career

On 4 March 1976, he set at the ski jumping world record distance at 173 metres (568 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.

Ski jumping world record

Notes

1. Geir Ove Berg's jump was first measured as 167 metres, but later corrected into 173 metres world record. It was officially published the next day

References

1. "Golfavtalen klar". www.sportmedia.no. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
2. "Women's World Amateur Team Championship Storylines". www.internationalgolffederation.org. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
3. "Dva sta poletela 174 m! / Čuden povpravek: Berg 173 m! (page 8)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 March 1976.

External links

• Arne Thoresen: Lengst gjennom lufta. Versal Forlag, Oslo 2007. ISBN 978-82-8188-030-6, s. 183-184, 187
• Skisprungschanzen-Archiv: Flying hills (med liste over verdensrekorder)

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