Sigurd Haanes
Sigurd Haanes 
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| Full name | Sigurd Clausen Haanes |
| nation |
 Norway
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| birthday | August 1, 1913 |
| place of birth |
Oslo , Norway
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| date of death | April 3, 1943 |
| Place of death | near Calverley , United Kingdom
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| Career | |
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| End of career | 1940 |
Sigurd Clausen Haanes (born August 1, 1913 in Oslo , † April 3, 1943 near Calverley , Leeds , United Kingdom ) was a Norwegian ski jumper .
Career
Haanes reached fourth place in ski jumping from the normal hill at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in 1937 and narrowly missed the medal ranks. In 1940 he jumped a new hill record on the Holmenkollen with a jump of 66 meters. In doing so, he surpassed his compatriot Reidar Karlsen by only half a meter. In the same year he was drafted into the army and took part in the Norway campaign as part of a ski relay. After the campaign he traveled to Great Britain and trained as a pilot with the Royal Air Force . Haanes died on April 3, 1943 in an airplane accident near Calverley . Sigurd Haanes was the son of Thorgny Haanes and his wife Hedvig Kristine Clausen. He was also the brother of tennis player Johan Haanes .
Web links
- Sigurd Haanes in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Våre falne 1939-1945, entries: Arne Ording, Johnson, Gudrun and Garder, Johan: Haanes, Sigurd Clausen. (Norwegian), Volume 2. The State of Norway, Oslo 1950, p. 395 online ( Memento from October 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Holmenkollen, Oslo . www.skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Haanes, Sigurd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haanes, Sigurd Clausen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1943 |
| Place of death | near Calverley , Leeds , United Kingdom |