Finn Hodt

Finn Einar Hodt (16 June 1919 – 9 April 2016) was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1950s, and later was a speed skating coach.

Finn Hodt
Personal information
Birth nameFinn Einar Hodt
NationalityNorwegian
Born(1919-06-16)16 June 1919
Drammen, Norway
Died9 April 2016(2016-04-09) (aged 96)
Drammen, Norway
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSpeed skating

Career

Hodt was born in Drammen on 16 June 1919, and represented the club Drammens SK. He finished in 13th place in the 500 metres at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] He also won bronze medals at the Norwegian Allround Championship in 1953, 1954 and 1957, and won his favorite distance 500 metres in 1940, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1957.[2]

Hodt was nominated by the Norwegian Skating Union as a member of the team for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but his selection was rejected by the Norwegian Olympic Committee due to his collaboration during the German occupation of Norway in World War II.[3] Along with fellow speed skater Hans Engnestangen, Hodt had been one of the few leading Norwegian athletes not to follow a nationwide boycott of sports events (the "sports strike") during the occupation. The boycott had been launched by the Norwegian sports leadership in response to attempts from 1940 onwards by the collaborationist Quisling regime at nazification of all sports events in Norway.[4]

He was later coach for the Norwegian Skating Association. He was accredited as a coach for the 1964 Winter Olympics and team manager for the 1980 and 1992 Winter Olympics. He then joined the team of speed skater Johann Olav Koss as his team leader, resigning after Koss' immense success at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1992 he was awarded the Golden Token, the highest award within the Norwegian Skating Association.[5][6][7][8] He died in 2016, 96 years old.[9]

References
  1. "Finn Hodt". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. Schanke, Tom A. (2007). Norsk idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aller Forlag. pp. 167, 169. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
  3. Finding, John E (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. USA: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 460. ISBN 9780313284779.
  4. Fretland, Frode (1997). Sogn og Fjordane fotballkrets 75 år: 1922-1997 (in Norwegian). Førde: Sogn og Fjordane fotballkrets. p. 71.
  5. Bugge, Mette (5 April 1991). "72 år - og klar for vinter-OL!". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  6. "Gullmerket til Finn Hodt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 15 June 1992.
  7. Bugge, Mette (24 November 1993). "Den gamle mann og laget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  8. "Sletten trolig ny landslagstrener" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 March 1994.
  9. "Finn Hodt er død" (in Norwegian). Drammens SK. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016. Finn Hodt sovnet inn i går kveld. ... Finn har sittet flere perioder som styreformann i DSK. Han har også vært trener i klubben. Finn var æresmedlem i DSK.
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