Hans Kleppen

Hans Kleppen
nation	Norway
birthday	March 16, 1907
place of birth	Bø ,  Norway
size	183 cm
date of death	April 12, 2009
Place of death	Bø ,  Norway
Career
society	IL Skarphedin
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × NM medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1929 Zakopane K90  Norwegian championships gold 1934 Normal hill

Hans Kleppen (born March 16, 1907 in Bø , Telemark ; † April 12, 2009 there ) was a Norwegian ski jumper .

At the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1928 , Kleppen reached 36th place on the normal hill. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1929 a year later , he won the bronze medal on the K90 hill.

In 1934 Kleppen won the gold medal on the normal hill at the Norwegian Championships.

Kleppen celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007, making it the oldest living Norwegian Olympic participant.

Web links

• Hans Kleppen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Hans Kleppen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Report on the 101st birthday of Hans Kleppen (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice (Norwegian) . In: Aftenposten , April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2009. 
2. ↑ 100-åring fornyer lappens . In: Telemark , NRK, March 16, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2007.