Alf Tveten

Alf Tveten
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	July 30, 1912
Place of birth:	Bærum
Date of death:	July 13, 1997
Place of death:	Ålesund
Society:	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
Boat classes:	6 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Berlin 1936 6 meter class

Alf Kristoffer Tveten (born July 30, 1912 in Bærum , † July 13, 1997 in Ålesund ) was a Norwegian sailor .

successes

Alf Tveten, who for the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening sailed, took in 1936 at the Olympic Games in Berlin in the 6 meter class part. He was a crew member of the Lully II under skipper Magnus Konow , which finished the regatta taking place in the Olympic harbor Düsternbrook in Kiel in second place. Although the Lully II won three of the seven races, it was disqualified in the first race and accordingly received no points for this race. In the overall standings she scored 66 points, one point less than the Olympic champions from Great Britain on the Lalage , while the Swedish boat May Be came third with 62 points. Tveten and Konow received the silver medal like the other crew members Fredrik Meyer , Vaadjuv Nyqvist and Konow's son Karsten Konow .

Web links

• Alf Tveten in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )