JAGGE Finn Christian (NOR)

04.04.1966 Stabaek 178cm 82kg

SKI: Yamaha - Salomon BOOTS: Nordica - Salomon BINDING: Marker - Salomon 19,Mar,2000. retired

Madonna di Campiglio 92 SL/ 1st Albertville OWG SL/ 1st Lech 95 SL Madonna di Campiglio 94

World Cup Ranking General 1986/80th, 1987/76th, 1988/76th, 1989/-, 1990/-, 1991/61st, 1992/14th, 1993/72nd, 1994/22nd, 1995/40th, 1996/29th, 1997/16th, 1998/24th, 1999/16th, 2000/44th. Special 1992 SL/3rd, 1998 SL/4th. 1999 SL/3rd. 2000/15th. World Championships 1985 Bormio SL/19th. 1987 Crans Montana GS/29th, K/7th. 1989 Vail SL/13th, GS/23rd, SG/36th. 1996/Sierra Nevada K/8th. 1997/Sestriere SL/13th, K/8th. Olympic Games 1988 Calgary DH/35th, K/9th. 1992 Albertvill SL/1st 1994 Lillehammer SL/6th. 1998 Nagano SL/7th. World Cup -7 w. (7 SL) 1. SL: Madonna di Campiglio 92, Kranjska Gora 94. Vail 97, Sestriere 98, Sestriere 99, Ofterschwang 99, Madonna 00. 2. SL: Sestriere 92, Shigakogen 97, Yong Pyong 98 3. SL: Kranjska Gora 92, Crans Montana 92, Park City 94, Madonna 94, Kitzbuhel 97, Park City 98, Crans Montana 98, 4. SL: Breckenridge 92, Stoneham 94, Sestriere 94. Park City 99. K: Chamonix 97. 5. SL: Park City 92, Chamonix 94, Kranjska Gora 99, 6. SL: Wengen 92, 95, 97, Flachau 97.

One of the "old man" of the Norwegian team at 33, Finn Christian Jagge is still happy to be a year younger than his Austrian colleague Thomas Stangassinger, winner of the 1999 slalom World Cup title. Jagge was Olympic Champion in slalom in 1992 and holds out hope to win the slalom World Cup title before handing up his boots. Finn burst onto the ski scene at the 1985 FIS World Championships in Bormio, Italy. He has won six World Cup races since December 1991 and finished 2nd and 3rd many times. Jagge has a dubious Distinction after seriously injuring both his knees in the late 1980's. He's the only racer ever to compete without an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his left knee. "You have to train harder to get stronger muscles in your legs" he explains. His family has a strong history of elite competition: his mother Liv also competed in Olympics in 1960 and 64. She finished in 7th place in slalom at '64 Games. His father Finn Dag was a top tennis player who has participated at Grand Slam tournaments such as the US Open. Married since 1995 ( Anniken) Finn Christian uses his fame to help less fortunate people in his home country. He helps run a charity race in Oslo before the Holmenkollen world cup ski jumping event , called the "Finke Cup". Top international skiers and his Norwegian teammates compete there to raise money for the handicapped and terminally ill. The Fund paid for a special car for his friend Tomas Fogdoe, partly paralyzed in a ski crash in 1995. It also supports cancer research centers for children

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