Ansten Samuelstuen emigrated to the US from Norway in 1954, became a US citizen in 1957 and competed for the US at two Winter Olympics. Samuelstuen had been in the Norwegian Air Force and trained at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1950-51. Samuelstuen was US champion in 1957, 1961, and 1962 and North American Champion in 1954-55, 1957, and 1964. He won two FIS-sanctioned events at Lillestrøm and Lillehammer in 1956, and placed fifth at Holmenkollen in 1956. He attended the University of Denver and later coached the ski jumpers at Denver. While representing the Steamboat Winter Sports Club, Samuelstuen’s career was in electronics, mostly with Ball Aerospace in Colorado and New Mexico, retiring in 1994. He retired from international competition in 1965, but continued to ski jump recreationally throughout his life, and coached jumpers for many years. He was inducted into the United States Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2009.
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