Hans Vinjarengen (20 August 1905 – 1 February 1984) was a Nordic combined skier from Norway. He won a silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and a bronze at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. In addition, he won gold medals at the 1929 and 1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and bronzes in 1934 and 1938.[1][2]
 Vinjarengen in 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 August 1905 Nordre Land, Norway[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 1984 (aged 78) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Nordic combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nordre Land IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vinjarengen won the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic combined event twice (1930 and 1932). In 1931, he shared the Holmenkollen medal with fellow Norwegian Ole Stensen, a cross-country skier. Vinjarengen lived most of his life in Oslo, where he worked as a lorry driver, but he represented his childhood club from Nordre Land.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hans Vinjarengen. sports-reference.com
- ^ Hans Vinjarengen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
External links
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- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- databaseOlympics
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