Paal Kaasen

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Paal Kaasen sailing
Nationality: NorwayNorway Norway
Birthday: November 14, 1883
Place of birth: Oslo , NorwayNorwayNorway 
Date of death: July 11, 1963
Place of death: Oslo , NorwayNorwayNorway 
Society: Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS)
Boat classes: 6 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Antwerp 1920 6 meter class (type 1919)

Paal Kaasen (born November 14, 1883 in Oslo ; † July 11, 1963 there ) was a Norwegian sailor .

successes

Paal Kaasen awarded for Kongelig Norsk Seilforening sailed, was in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 6-meter class after the International Rule of 1919 Olympic champion . In addition to Ingolf Rød, he was a crew member of the Jo under skipper Andreas Brecke , which had only one competitor with Léon Huybrechts' Belgian boat Tan-Fe-Pah . The Jo won the gold medal in three races . In the first race the yacht could not compete due to damage to the mast. She won the second and third races and took first place overall.

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personal data
SURNAME Kaasen, Paal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian sailor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1963
Place of death Oslo , Norway