Jens Salvesen

Jens Salvesen
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	September 8, 1883
Place of birth:	Dybvåg
Date of death:	September 21, 1976
Place of death:	Oslo
Society:	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
Boat classes:	8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Antwerp 1920 8 m class (type 1919)

Jens Johan Salvesen (born September 8, 1883 in Dybvåg , † September 21, 1976 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian sailor .

successes

Jens Salvesen, member of the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening , took part in the Olympic Games twice. In 1920 in Antwerp he won the silver medal on his Olympic debut in the 8-meter class according to the International Rule of 1919. As the skipper of the Lyn , he always finished in three races behind the second Norwegian boat Sildra and in front of the Belgian boat Antwerpia V in second place, which is why the Lyn finished the regatta in second place. The crew included Lauritz Schmidt , Nils Thomas , Ralph Tschudi and Finn Schiander . At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he was a crew member this time in the 8-meter class and just missed another medal win with the Noreg in fourth place.

Before his sailing career Salvesen was active in winter sports, as well as in football and tennis. In 1905 he founded a shipping company and spent eleven years in Germany, England and Russia. From 1916 he was the sole managing director of Salvesens Rederi .

Web links

• Jens Salvesen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )