Bjarte Engen Vik

Bjarte Engen Vik
Country	Norway
Born	(1971-03-03) 3 March 1971 Tromsø, Norway
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club	Bardufoss IF
World Cup career
Seasons	1991–2001
Starts	102
Podiums	61
Wins	26
Overall titles	2 (1998, 1999)
Medal record Men's nordic combined Representing Norway Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 15 km individual 1998 Nagano 4 x 5 km team 1994 Lillehammer 3 x 10 km team 1994 Lillehammer 15 km individual World Championships 1997 Trondheim 4 x 5 km team 1999 Ramsau 7.5 km sprint 1999 Ramsau 15 km individual 2001 Lahti 15 km individual 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team 1995 Thunder Bay 4 x 5 km team 1997 Trondheim 15 km individual 1999 Ramsau 4 x 5 km team

Bjarte Engen Vik (born 3 March 1971 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined athlete. He won the FIS World Cup overall twice, in 1997-98 and 1998-99 with a total of 24 wins. He also has eight medals from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with five golds (1997: 4 x 5 km team, 1999: 15 km individual, 7.5 km sprint, 2001: 15 km individual, 4 x 5 km team), and three silvers (1995: 4 x 5 km team, 1997: 15 km individual, 1999: 4 x 5 km team). He also won a bronze medal in the Norwegian championship in ski jumping. His consecutive wins in the Individual Gundersen at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in 1999 and 2001 were the first since Oddbjørn Hagen did it in 1934 and 1935.

Vik also found great success at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning the Nordic combined individual event five times (1996–2000), becoming one of only four athletes to do so (Lauritz Bergendahl, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Rauno Miettinen are the others.). He also won the Nordic combined 7.5 km sprint event at the festival twice (1997, 2000). Vik's seven career wins at the Holmenkollen are the most among any competitor in Nordic combined.

Vik received the Holmenkollen medal in 1997 (shared with Stefania Belmondo and Bjørn Dæhlie).

References

• Bjarte Engen Vik at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)