Career He also finished sixth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He represented the clubs SFK Lyn and Illinois Varg.
Achievements Hoel won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1948, 1951 and 1959). Because of his successes, Hoel was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1956 (shared with Borghild Niskin and Arnfinn Bergmann).