Karl Magnus Satre | |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1904 |
Birth Place: | Trysil, Norway |
Nationality: | American |
Sport: | Skiing |
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Karl Magnus Satre (February 6, 1904 - January 14, 1955) was a Norwegian-born American skier. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1936.[1]
Karl Magnus Satre (né Sætre) was born at Trysil in Hedmark, Norway. He was a brother of Olympic skier Paul Ottar Satre. He emigrated to the United States in 1927 and settled in Salisbury, Connecticut. He competed in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He was six times American champion in Nordic combined. .[2]