Inger Bjørnbakken
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| Born | 28 December 1933 Bærum, Norway | |||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 2021 (aged 87) | |||||||||||
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Inger Bjørnbakken (28 December 1933 – 13 February 2021) was a Norwegian alpine skier.
Career
She was born in Bærum and represented the club Bærums SK.[1]
She finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian
Holmenkollen Kandahar event she won seven races between 1955 and 1959. She also took seven national championship titles between 1956 and 1959.[2]
For her alpine world championship, Bjørnbakken earned the
King Harald V, Queen Sonja, and Ingemar Stenmark. All were from Norway except Stenmark, who is from Sweden
).
Bjørnbakken died in a fire in her hometown on 13 February 2021, at the age of 87.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Inger Bjørnbakken". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Lote, Arve. "Noregs einaste kvinnelege verdsmeister i alpint er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
External links
- Inger Bjørnbakken at FIS (alpine)
- Inger Bjørnbakken at Olympedia
