Knut Østby
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Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Modum | 12 November 1922|||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 2010 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoeing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Knut Østby (12 November 1922 – 6 August 2010) was a
Career
Østby was born in Modum, but grew up in Bærum, and was a member of Bærum KK.[1] He was a new name in Norwegian and international kayaking after 1945, as most of the pre-war organized sporting activity had been put on ice during World War II.[2] Already in 1948, before the Summer Olympics that year, Østby and his teammate Ivar Mathisen were considered as having the highest medal hopes in the Norwegian canoeing squad.[3] Østby and Mathisen proceeded to win the silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event and finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m. At the 1950 World Championships he won another silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event. Two years later he finished fifth in both the K-2 1000 m and the K-2 10000 m events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] Ivar Mathisen remained his partner in the K-2 canoe during these years.[4]
In 1953 Østby competed in the
Østby continued his career in sprint canoeing. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the K-1 10000 m event, and competed without reaching the final in the K-1 1000 m event.[7] In domestic competitions, he took fifteen national titles between 1946 and 1959, and won the King's Cup for best canoeist in 1955, 1956 and 1957.[1]
Østby lived in Sandvika. He died in August 2010.[8]
References
- ^ ISBN 82-91649-10-3.
- ^ "Kajakksporten på vei mot gamle høyder igjen?". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 30 August 1945. p. 6.
- ^ "Norges olympia-sjanser: Vårt toer-lag i paddling kan høste poeng". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 23 July 1948. p. 6.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Mellom fosser og stryk. To mann til VM i kajakkslalåm". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 23 July 1953. p. 7.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Knut Østby". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Death notice". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 10 August 2010. p. 32.
External links
- Knut Østby at Olympedia