Leif_Flengsrud

Leif Flengsrud

Leif Flengsrud

Norwegian cyclist

Leif Flengsrud (18 September 1922 – 24 August 2009) was a Norwegian cyclist.

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He was born in Vang, Hedmark and represented the club Hamar IL. He participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics but did not finish the road race.[1] He was the first Olympic cyclist from his region.[2] He also competed in the World Championships in the same year.[3]

His father Olaf and brother Oddvar were cyclists as well.[4] His father had opened a bike shop in 1920, and Flengsrud later spent his working life in this shop. He also continued as a hobby sportsman well into his seventies and eighties.[2][3] He died in August 2009 in Hamar.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Leif Flengsrud". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. [2]
    Østmoe, Gunnar (14 August 2008). "OL-helter frem fra glemselen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Leif Flengsrud 75 år 18. september" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 August 1997.
  4. [4]
    Skjegstad, A. (1949). "Rike idrettstradisjoner". In Lillevold, Eyvind (ed.). Hamars historie (in Norwegian).
  5. [5]
    Death announcement



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