Olympiatoppen is an organisation that is part of Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members, and 12000 sports clubs, in 19 region confederatons and 56 national federations...

 with responsibility for training Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 elite sport. Olympiatoppen is based at the Toppidrettssenteret

Toppidrettssenteret

Toppidrettssenteret is the training center of the Olympiatoppen, the elite branch of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.It is located between the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the recreational area Sognsvann....

 between Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at Bachelor, Master and Doctorate level....

 and Sognsvann

Sognsvann

Sognsvann is a 3.3km circumference lake just north of Oslo, Norway.Lying just within the greenbelt around Oslo, the lake is a popular recreational area, used as a camping, picnicking and bathing destination for the residents of Oslo during the summer, as well as a cross-country skiing, skating and...

. The leader of Olympiatoppen is Jarle Aambø

Jarle Aambø

Jarle Alex Aambø is a Norwegian sports official.Since 2004 he is the leader of Olympiatoppen. He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.He resides in Fjellhamar.-References:...

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Central is the idea of coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

es for priority sports. These coaches are Johan Kaggestad for strength sports, together with Atle Kvålsvoll

Atle Kvålsvoll

Atle Sturla Kvålsvoll is a former professional cyclist from Norway. He rode the Tour de France six times between 1988 and 1994, finishing four times...

 and Roger Gjedsvik, Michael Jørgensen for technical sports, and Marit Breivik

Marit Breivik

Marit Breivik is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norwegian women's national handball team...

 and Torgeir Bryn

Torgeir Bryn

Torgeir Bryn is a Norwegian professional basketball player. A 6'9" and 250 lb center. Bryn is notable for being the only Norwegian who has played in the NBA thus far.-USA:...

 for team sports. The coaches follow up the ports attend team activities, events and take a role in the optimising of opportunities to lead. The national team coaches work together with Olympiatoppen's coaches.

Different sports have benefitted in different ways from working with the organisation, and it gives practical help to the Norwegian team in Olympic sports

Olympic sports

Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...

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Olympiatoppen also has its own clinic and training facilities. This has an area where Norway's top athletes can be trained and help to develop new sporting technology.