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Helge Bjørnstad

Helge Bjørnstad

Norwegian ice sledge hockey player

Helge Bjørnstad (born 14 October 1971) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.[1][2]

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As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver (1994, 2002, 2006) from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal. He took the bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.[3]

He has also won several Paralympic medals as a swimmer. He took two gold medals and one silver at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, and two gold and one silver at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.[4]

He received the Egebergs Ærespris in 2009, a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Helge Bjornstad". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Team Profile". www.hockeycanada.ca.
  3. [3]
    "Helge Bjornstad". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  4. [4]
    "Helge Bjoernstad". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  5. [5]
    Andresen hedret med Egeberg, Tidens Krav, 30 December 2009


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