Leif Solheim Explained

Leif Solheim
Full Name:Leif Sigurd Solheim
Birth Date:14 July 1932
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Sport:Ice hockey
Club:Furuset IF

Leif Sigurd Solheim (14 July 1932 – 12 July 2024) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. His achievements include winning a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships. He was awarded Gullpucken in 1959.

Career

Solheim played for Furuset IF and the Norway national team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1952.[1] He won a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships in Paris.[2]

He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1959, and was the first recipient of the prize.[3]

Personal life and death

Born in Oslo on 14 July 1932, Solheim was a brother of Olympian ice hockey player Øivind Solheim.[1]

Solheim died on 12 July 2024, at the age of 91.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leif Solheim . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034904/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/leif-solheim-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 17 April 2010 .
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships (821) . olympedia.org . 24 July 2024.
  3. Book: Schanke, Tom A . Norsk Idrettsleksikon . Norwegian . 2007 . Aller Forlag . 978-82-8156-044-4 . 346.
  4. News: En hedersmann og legende i norsk ishockeyhistorie har forlatt oss . Rolf E. . Wulff . subscription . Akers Avis Groruddalen . 16 July 2024 . 24 July 2024 . no.