Per Gjelten
Per Gjelten 
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 Norway
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| birthday | December 5, 1927 |
| place of birth | Trondheim |
| date of death | January 25, 1991 |
| Place of death | Trondheim |
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| society | Slemmestad IF |
Per Gjelten (born December 5, 1927 in Trondheim , † January 25, 1991 in Trondheim) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and Nordic combined athlete .
Gjelten, who started for the Slemmestad IF , took 43rd place over 18 km and ninth place in the Nordic Combined at the 1950 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid . The following year he won the Nordic Combined at the Svenska Skidspelen in Sundsvall . In his only Olympic participation in February 1952 in Oslo , he achieved 20th place over 18 km and fifth place in the Nordic combined. In the same year he became Norwegian champion in Nordic combined. He was also runner-up in the Norwegian championships in 1953 and third in 1956. In 1953 he won second place in the Nordic combined at the Svenska Skidspelen. He completed his last international competitions at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 in Falun . There he ran on 48th place over 15 km and finished fourth in the Nordic combined.
Web links
- Per Gjelten on skisport365.com (cross-country skiing)
- Per Gjelten on skisport365.com (Nordic Combined)
- Per Gjelten in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Results Svenska Skidspelen
- ↑ Orklahopp Norge: NM SKI NORDISKE GRENER , 2007
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| SURNAME | Gjelten, Per |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian cross-country skier and Nordic combined skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trondheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1991 |
| Place of death | Trondheim |