Frithjof Sælen (gymnast)
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| Full name | Frithjof Olsen Sælen, Sr. | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1892 Bergen, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 1975 (aged 83) Bergen, Norway | |||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Frithjof Sælen, Jr. (son) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Norway | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fredrikshalds TF, IL Norrøna | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frithjof Olsen Sælen, Sr. (5 August 1892 – 8 October 1975) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1912 he was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. Eight years later he won a silver medal again as member of the Norwegian gymnastics team. He represented the clubs Fredrikshalds TF and IL Norrøna.[2]
Together with Astrid Weltzin (1892–1978) he had the son Frithjof Sælen, Jr.[3]
References
- ^ "Frithjof Sælen". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Frithjof Sælen Archived December 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Skarstein, Jakob. "Frithjof Sælen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 July 2009.