Born in Norway in 1895, Jostein Nordmoe later moved to Canada where he represented the Camrose Ski Club in Alberta. Nordmoe specialised in the Nordic combined, becoming the Canadian champion in 1929. He was also a two-time winner of the Western Canadian All-Round Ski Championship and won the Clark Cup on three occasions for ski jumping. From 1927 to 1934 he competed at both the Canadian and Western provincial championships, earning himself a spot on the Canadian Olympic team. At the 1932 Lake Placid Games he finished tenth in his favoured event. Nordmoe later returned to Norway, dying in Tromsø in 1965.