Arne Larsen
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| Gold | 1962 Zakopane | Individual | |
For the 1930's cross country skier, please see Arne Larsen (cross country skier).
Arne Larsen (born 1937) is a former Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1960's. He won the gold in the individual event at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.
Larsen also competed in the Nordic combined at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, finishing 6th in 1960 and 5th in 1964.
Larsen was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1965 (shared with Arto Tiainen and Bengt Eriksson). He represented Heggedal Idrettslag, and his nickname was "Baker'n".
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Arne Larsen - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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| Preceded by Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs |
Holmenkollen medal with Arto Tiainen & Bengt Eriksson 1965 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson & Ole Ellefsæter |
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