Lars Bergendahl

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Lars Bergendahl

Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
1937 Chamonix
 18 km
Gold medal – first place
1937 Chamonix
 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place
1939 Zakopane
 50 km
Silver medal – second place
1938 Lahti
 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place
1938 Lahti
 50 km

Lars Bergendahl (30 January 1909 – 22 June 1997) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1930s.

He won several medals at the

Holmenkollen medal in 1939 (Shared with Sven Selånger and Trygve Brodahl.). His uncle, Lauritz
, won the medal in 1910.

Bergendahl fought in the

Norwegian Campaign following the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Together with other sportsmen Bergendahl served in the improvised ski unit Sørkedalen Company (Norwegian: Sørkedalen kompani) in April 1940.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the

International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   17 km   18 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1930 21 — — 38 —
1934 25 — 13 15 4
1937 28 — Gold 5 Gold
1938 29 — 23 Bronze Silver
1939 30 — 5 Gold —

References

  1. ISBN 82-993369-0-2
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  2. ^ "BERGENDAHL Lars". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

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