Petter Larsen

Petter Larsen

Nationality:

Norway

Birthday:

December 6, 1890

Place of birth:

Oslo , Norway

Date of death:

September 13, 1946

Place of death:

Oslo , Norway

Society:

Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS)

Boat classes:

12 meter class

Medal table

Olympic games

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Olympic games
gold	Stockholm 1912	12 meter class

Petter Andreas Larsen (born December 6, 1890 in Oslo ; † September 13, 1946 there ) was a Norwegian sailor .

Magda IX , 12 meter class , gold medal 1912

successes

Petter Larsen, for the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening sailed, was in 1912 in Stockholm at the Olympic Games in the 12-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of Magda IX , which took first place in both races of the regatta and thus won the competition ahead of the only two competitors, the Swedish boat Erna Signe from skipper Nils Persson and the Finnish boat Heatherbell from skipper Ernst Krogius . The crew of the Magda IX also included his father Alfred Larsen, who was also the owner of the Magda IX , as well as Nils Bertelsen , Eilert Falch-Lund , Halfdan Hansen , Arnfinn Heje , Magnus Konow , Christian Staib and Carl Thaulow . Johan Anker was the skipper and designer of the yacht .

Petter Larsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Larsen, Petter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Larsen, Petter Andreas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 6, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oslo , Norway
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1946
Place of death	Oslo , Norway