Thoralf Glad
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Thoralf Johan Glad (born February 1, 1878 in Oslo , † July 19, 1969 there ) was a Norwegian sailor .
successes
Thoralf Glad that for Kongelig Norsk Seilforening sailed, was in 1912 in Stockholm at the Olympic Games in the 8-meter class Olympic champion . He was the skipper of the Taifun , which took first place in both races of the regatta and thus won the competition in front of the Swedish boat Sans Atout by skipper Bengt Heyman and the Finnish boat Lucky Girl by skipper Bertil Tallberg . The Taifun crew included Thomas Aass , Andreas Brecke , Torleiv Corneliussen and Christian Jebe .
Web links
- Thoralf Glad in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Glad, Thoralf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glad, Thoralf Johan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th July 1969 |
| Place of death | Oslo , Norway |