What is Halvor Næs?
'''Halvor Næs''' (born 19 April 1928) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] former [[ski jumping|ski jumper]]. He competed in the 1950s. His only victory was in 1953 and he finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the [[1952 Winter Olympics]] in [[Oslo]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}</ref> He was born in [[Trysil]]. Næs was awarded the [[Holmenkollen medal]] in 1964 (shared with [[Veikko Kankkonen]], [[Eero Mäntyranta]], and [[Georg Thoma]]). ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Naes, Halvor}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Norwegian skiers]] [[Category:Olympians for Norway]]