Otto Tangen

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Otto Tangen Nordic combination
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday January 28, 1886
date of death October 13, 1956
Career
society IF Liv
Medal table
National medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Norwegian Ski Association Norwegian championships
silver 1911 Hønefoss singles
 

Otto Tangen (born January 28, 1886 , † October 13, 1956 ) was a Norwegian Nordic combined .

Life

Tangen, who competed for the IF Liv in Hønefoss , won the silver medal behind Knut Holst in the Nordic Combined at the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in his home country in 1911 . Together with Holst, he was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal a little later .

Tangen was also active as a skier in the military. In 1909, for example, he was part of a Norwegian military patrol under the direction of Finn Qvale in France .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harry Solli, Johan Langerud, Odd Hølen, Odd Palerud: IF Liv / Fossekallen - et hundre år 1895–1995 . S. 27, 170–171 , urn : nbn: no-nb_digibok_2008030300035 (access only with an IP address from Norway).
  2. ↑ Holmenkollmedaljen . snl.no. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Tangen, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norwegian nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1886
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1956