Rune Olijnyk
Norwegian ski jumper
Intro | Norwegian ski jumper | |
Places | Norway | |
is | Athlete Ski jumper | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 27 December 1968, Lørenskog | |
Age | 56 years |
Rune Olijnyk (born December 27, 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed in the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished fourth in the team large hill event (along with Espen Bredesen, Kent Johanssen and Jon Inge Kjørum) at those same championships.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Olijnyk finished seventh in the team competition. He won two Norwegian championship team large hill medals with gold in 1992 and silver in 1991, and won three straight bronze medals in the individual normal hill (1990, 1991 and 1992).