Bjørn Wirkola is a Norwegian former ski jumper and football player.
Career
The common parlance expression jumping after Wirkola has come to refer to situations where one embarks on a task where one"s predecessor has done a particularly good job – or where one is unlikely to succeed. In 1971, he began to play competitive football. The same year he was awarded Egebergs Ærespris (where recipients need to be at top international level in one sport and at least at top national level in a different sport).