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Ole Berntsen

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Ole Berntsen

Birth
Hellerup, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Death
26 May 1996 (aged 81)
Gentofte, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Burial
Hellerup, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark Add to Map
Plot
Section 15, plot 186.
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Champion Yachtsman. For more than two decades he was in the world elite in dragon class racing. At the first Olympic Games after WWII in London (1948) he won a bronze medal, and in Melbourne in 1956 he was awarded a silver. His greatest triumph came in 1964 in Tokyo when he won the gold medal. Besides his Olympic achievements he won the world championship six times and was twice the European champion.
Champion Yachtsman. For more than two decades he was in the world elite in dragon class racing. At the first Olympic Games after WWII in London (1948) he won a bronze medal, and in Melbourne in 1956 he was awarded a silver. His greatest triumph came in 1964 in Tokyo when he won the gold medal. Besides his Olympic achievements he won the world championship six times and was twice the European champion.

Bio by: Erik Skytte

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Erik Skytte
  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25549156/ole-berntsen: accessed ), memorial page for Ole Berntsen (22 Jan 1915–26 May 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25549156, citing Hellerup Kirkegaard, Hellerup, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark; Maintained by Find a Grave.