Ole Petter Pollen

Ole Petter Pollen
Personal information
Born16 September 1966 (1966-09-16) (age 58)
Rygge, Norway
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Flying Dutchman, Europe
ClubMoss Seilforening
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Flying Dutchman
Europe World Championships
1985 Tønsberg Europe

Ole Petter Pollen (born 16 September 1966) is a Norwegian sailor, world champion in Europe (dinghy) and Olympic medalist in Flying Dutchman.

Sailing career

Pollen became World Champion in Europe (dinghy) in 1985.[1] He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Erik Bjørkum.[2][3] Pollen and Bjørkum won a silver medal at the 1988 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1989 Flying Dutchman World Championship.[1]

Pollen resides at Stabekk.

References

  1. ^ a b Bryhn, Rolf; Fuglum, Arve. "Ole Petter Pollen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ole Petter Pollen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2008.


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