Leif Flengsrud Explained

Leif Flengsrud
Birth Date:18 September 1922
Birth Place:Vang, Hedmark, Norway
Death Place:Vang, Hedmark, Norway

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

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]

Results

!Event!Team!Result!Sport
London 1948NorwayDNFRoad Race, Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leif Flengsrud. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/leif-flengsrud-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 30 August 2009.
  2. News: OL-helter frem fra glemselen. Østmoe. Gunnar. 14 August 2008. Norwegian. 30 August 2009.
  3. News: Leif Flengsrud 75 år 18. september. Norwegian News Agency. 27 August 1997. Norwegian.
  4. Book: Skjegstad, A.. Adolf Skjegstad

    . Adolf Skjegstad. Lillevold, Eyvind. Hamars historie. 1949. Norwegian. Rike idrettstradisjoner.

  5. http://www.aguiden.no/paperadsobi/483954.pdf Death announcement

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