Eugene Lunde

Eugene Lunde
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	May 18, 1887
Place of birth:	Oslo , Norway
Date of death:	17th June 1963
Place of death:	Oslo , Norway
Society:	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS)
Boat classes:	6 meter class
Medal table
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Olympic games gold Paris 1924 6 meter class

Eugen Peder Lunde (born May 18, 1887 in Oslo ; † June 17, 1963 there ) was a Norwegian Olympic champion in sailing .

At the Olympic Games in 1920 , thirteen classes were sailed, with the only participating boat also becoming Olympic champion in six classes. For the 1924 Olympic Games , the program was reduced to three classes. In the 6-meter class, nine boats were at the start off Le Havre . The Norwegian boat Elisabeth V (designer: Bjarne Aas ) won four of the five races and Eugen Lunde was Olympic champion together with Christopher Dahl and Anders Lundgren .

His son Peder Lunde Senior and his grandson Peder Lunde Junior also won Olympic medals.

literature

• Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
• Erich Kamper, Herbert Soucek: Olympic heroes. Portraits and anecdotes from 1896 to today. Spiridon-Verlag, Erkrath 1991, ISBN 3-922011-20-9 .

Web links

• Eugen Lunde in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )