Karen Simensen
Karen Simensen | |||||||
nation | Norway | ||||||
birthday | August 26, 1907 | ||||||
place of birth | Oslo | ||||||
date of death | July 13, 1996 | ||||||
Place of death | Oslo | ||||||
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discipline | Single run | ||||||
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Karen Simensen , married. Klæboe (born August 26, 1907 in Oslo ; † July 13, 1996 there ) was a Norwegian figure skater who started in a single run .
She won the bronze medal at the 1927 World Cup in Oslo, behind her compatriot Sonja Henie and the Austrian Herma Szabó and just ahead of Ellen Brockhöft . Three of the five judges came from Norway and it was this majority that brought her bronze. It was her only appearance at world championships . Her only appearance at the Olympic Games was in St. Moritz in 1928 , where she was sixteenth and third-best Norwegian after Sonja Henie and Edel Randem .
She later coached the Oslo Skøiteklub for several decades. She was also the first female chairman of the figure skating committee of the Norwegian Skating Association from 1950 to 1957.
Results
Competition / year | 1927 | 1928 |
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Olympic games | 16. | |
World championships | 3. |
Web links
- Karen Simensen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Simensen, Karen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klæboe, Karen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |
DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1996 |
Place of death | Oslo |