Finn Helgesen

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Finn Helgesen Speed ​​skating
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday April 25, 1919
place of birth Drammen
date of death September 3, 2011
Place of death Lørenskog
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
Medal table
winter Olympics 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold St. Moritz 1948 500 m
 

Finn Helgesen (born April 25, 1919 in Drammen , Viken ; † September 3, 2011 in Lørenskog , Viken) was a Norwegian speed skater .

He became Olympic champion over 500 meters at the first Winter Olympics after World War II in St. Moritz in 1948 .

In 1952, in front of his home crowd in Oslo , he was placed in fifth place behind the bronze medalists Gordon Audley and Arne Johansen at the same time , as he was defeated by the Canadian Audley by a millimeter in a direct comparison.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ abcnyheter.no
personal data
SURNAME Helgesen, Finn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Drammen , Viken
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 2011
Place of death Lørenskog , Viken