Olav Økern

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Olav Økern Cross-country skiing
Full name Olav Nilsen Økern
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday June 3, 1911
place of birth Get
date of death April 11, 2000
Place of death Get
Career
society Bærums ski club
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1948 St. Moritz Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1938 Lahti Season
 

Olav Nilsen Økern (born June 3, 1911 in Hole ; † April 11, 2000 there ) was a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Økern, who started for the Bærums ski club, won the silver medal with the relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1938 . He also achieved 61st place over 18 km there. In 1940 he won the Holmenkollen Ski Festival over 18 km and took eighth place over 50 km. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , he won the bronze medal with the relay and came 13th in the 18 km run. In 1950 he received the Holmenkollen Medal . At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , he was fourth over 50 km. In the same year he came in third place over 30 km and second place over 50 km at the Norwegian championships .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Olav_Økern on snl.no
personal data
SURNAME Økern, Olav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Økern, Olav Nilsen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hole , Norway
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2000
Place of death Hole , Norway