Alf Konningen

Alf Konningen
nation	Norway
birthday	June 24, 1901
place of birth	Sandsvær
date of death	January 27, 1978
Place of death	Kongsberg
Career
discipline	Downhill , slalom , combination
society	Kongsberg IF

Alf Konningen (born June 24, 1901 in Sandsvær , † January 27, 1978 in Kongsberg ) was a Norwegian ski racer .

biography

Konningen was one of the pioneers of alpine ski racing in Norway. In 1934 he won the country's first downhill race in his hometown of Kongsberg. In the following winter he went to Germany and France to gain experience and compete with runners from the Alpine countries.

In February 1935 he took part in the World Ski Championships in Mürren, Switzerland, where he finished 18th in downhill skiing. The following year he was a member of the Norwegian team at the Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , where alpine competitions were on the program for the first time. After he was ranked 5th in the downhill, he was ninth in the slalom and finished 8th in the final combination classification. In 1938 he was third in the combination at the Norwegian Ski Championships, which were held for the first time.

After finishing his sports career, he worked as a lathe operator until he retired.

successes

Olympic games

• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 : 8th combination

World championships

• Mürren 1935 : 18th departure

Web links

• Alf Konningen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alf Konningen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )