Vegard Opaas

Vegard Opaas
Vegard Opaas
Country	Norway
Born	11 January 1962 (age 62); Oslo, Norway
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best	193 m (633 ft); Planica, 15 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons	1982–1990
Indiv. starts	92
Indiv. podiums	17
Indiv. wins	7
Overall titles	1 (1987)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
	Updated on 10 February 2016.

Vegard Opaas (born 11 January 1962) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Career

On 15 March 1987 in Planica he jumped 193 metres (633 ft) in the third round, which was canceled right after. At that time this was the second longest jump in history.^[1]

He had his biggest season in 1987 when he became the first Norwegian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup, a feat later only matched by Espen Bredesen in 1993/94, and Anders Bardal in 2011/12.

That same year he won three medals at the world championships in Oberstdorf. This included two silvers (individual large hill, team large hill) and one bronze (individual normal hill). He also finished eighth in the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he also participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H
1981/82	40	—
1982/83	32	—
1983/84	10	45
1984/85	30	—
1985/86	7	5
1986/87
1987/88	12	27
1988/89	15	21
1989/90	41	43

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1983/84	6 December 1983	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K120	LH
2	1985/86	14 December 1985	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
3	1986/87	13 December 1986	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
4		30 December 1986	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH
5		11 January 1987	Štrbské Pleso	MS 1970 B K88	NH
6		20 March 1987	Oslo	Marikollen K85	NH
7	1988/89	11 December 1988	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K86	NH