John Røen

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John Røen Cross-country skiing
Full name John Ingebrigtsen Røen
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday April 22, 1903
place of birth Rindal ,  Norway
date of death March 18, 1979
Place of death Rindal ,  Norway
Career
society IK Troll Rindal
End of career 1928
Medal table
National medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
French championshipsTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 1928 Chamonix Single cross-country skiing
 

John Ingebrigtsen Røen (born April 22, 1903 in Rindal ; † March 18, 1979 ibid) was a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Røen reached ninth place in the 50 km individual race at Holmenkollen in 1926. The following year he was tenth. After he subsequently achieved good results in the pre-Olympic qualifying races, he received a place in the squad at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . There he started exclusively over the 50 km, but had to stop the race after a good two and a half hours lying in 24th place and did not reach the finish. Shortly after the games, he became French champion in Chamonix. After the winter of 1928, he ended his active sports career.

His brother Sigurd Røen , who was six years his junior , became world champion in Nordic combined and cross-country skiing in 1937.

Web links

  • John Røen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  • John Røen on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cross Country Skiing at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometers. In: sports-reference.com. February 14, 1928, accessed September 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Rindal Ski Museum. In: nordmore.museum.no. August 8, 1965. Retrieved September 19, 2017 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Røen, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Røen, John Ingebrigtsen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Rindal , Norway
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1979
Place of death Rindal , Norway