Olav Bjørnstad

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Olav T. Bjørnstad rowing
Full name Olav Trygve Bjørnstad
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday December 16, 1882
place of birth Oslo
date of death June 13, 1963
Place of death Oslo
Career
society Ormsund Roklub
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze 1912 Stockholm Foursome
with a helmsman
 

Olav Trygve Bjørnstad (born December 16, 1882 in Oslo , † June 13, 1963 ) was a Norwegian rower .

Bjørnstad took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm as the helmsman of the foursome , and won the bronze medal there together with Claus Høyer , Reidar Holter , Magnus Herseth and Frithjof Olstad . The team only had to admit defeat to the boats from Denmark and Sweden .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours, Inriggers . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Bjørnstad, Olav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bjørnstad, Olav Trygve (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian rower
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1963
Place of death Oslo , Norway