Ole Hegge

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Ole Hegge Cross-country skiing
Full name Ole Johan Hegge
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday September 3, 1898
place of birth Bardu ,  Norway
date of death June 2, 1994
Place of death Livingston County , NY ,  USA
Career
society Bardu ski lag
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1928 St. Moritz 18 km
 

Ole Johan Hegge (born September 3, 1898 in Bardu , † June 2, 1994 in Livingston County ) was a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Hegge, who started for the Bardu Skilag, made his first international appearance in 1924 at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival . There he finished second over 50 km. He repeated this placement over this distance in 1926 and 1928. He was also the Norwegian champion over 30 km in 1926 and 1928 . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1926 , he achieved tenth place over 30 km and fourth place over 50 km. When he first participated in the Olympics in St. Moritz in 1928 , he won the silver medal over 18 km. He also ran there in fifth place over 50 km. Four years later he was fourth over 50 km in his last international appearance at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
  2. ↑ Cross Country Skiing at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometers. In: sports-reference.com. February 13, 1932, accessed August 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hegge, Ole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hegge, Ole Johan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Bardu , Norway
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1994
Place of death Livingston County , New York , United States