Thor Thorvaldsen
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1909 Bamble, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 1987 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thor Thorvaldsen (May 31, 1909 – June 30, 1987)[1] was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Bamble and died in Bærum. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as helmsman on the boat Pan.[2]
He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he again received a gold medal with Pan.[3]
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailing
References[]
- ^ Bolme, Magne. "Thor Thorvaldsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Sailing" Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
- ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
External links[]
- Thor Thorvaldsen at World Sailing
- Thor Thorvaldsen at Olympics.com
- Thor Thorvaldsen at Olympedia
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- 1909 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Bamble
- Norwegian male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Norway
- Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – O-Jolle
- Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs
- Norwegian yacht racing biography stubs