Kaare Lien
Kaare Lien 
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| nation |
 Canada
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| birthday | November 9, 1935 |
| place of birth |
Skoger , Norway
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| status | resigned |
| Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping | |
| Four Hills Tournament | 80th ( 1963/64 ) |
Kaare Lien , partly also Kåre Lien (born November 9, 1935 in Skoger , Norway ) is a former Canadian ski jumper .
Career
Lien, who emigrated to Canada from Norway, started working for the Canadian Association in the 1960s after his naturalization. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1962 in Zakopane , Poland , he finished 55th out of 59 starters from the large hill after jumps on 80 and 84.5 meters. Shortly before he finished 58th of 62 starters on the normal hill.
At the Four Hills Tournament 1963/64 Lien started to prepare for the Olympic Games on the Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck . However, he did not get past 49th place and with this result finished 80th in the tour's overall ranking. At the following Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , he finished 43rd in jumping from the normal hill after two jumps on 72 and one jump on 69 meters. From the large hill he was in 45th place in the end.
successes
Four Hills Tournament placements
| season | space | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1963/64 | 80. | 355.3 |
literature
- Jens Jahn , Egon Theiner : Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping . 1st edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-099-5 .
Web links
- Kaare Lien in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kaare Lien in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Kaare Lien on The-Sports.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 159
- ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 160
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lien, Kaare |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lien, Kåre (Norwegian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skoger , Drammen , Norway |