Helge Bjørnstad Explained

Helge Bjørnstad
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Birth Date:14 October 1971
Birth Place:Østerås, Norway
Ntl Team:Norway
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Helge Bjørnstad (born 14 October 1971) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.[1] [2]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helge Bjornstad . Vancouver2010.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408223142/http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/ice-sledge-hockey/athletes/helge-bjornstad_ath3000120eY.html . 2010-04-08 . dead.
  2. Web site: Team Profile . www.hockeycanada.ca.
  3. Web site: Helge Bjornstad . Paralympic.org . .
  4. Web site: Helge Bjoernstad . Paralympic.org . .
  5. http://www.tk.no/Rikssport/article4782765.ece Andresen hedret med Egeberg