Hans Kleppen
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| File:Hans Kleppen in Lake Placid in 1932.jpeg | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ski jumping | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1929 Zakopane | Individual large hill |
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Hans Kleppen (16 March 1907 – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.
Kleppen was born in Bø, Telemark in March 1907. He turned 100 in March 2007 and, having participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics, was Norway's oldest living Olympian.[1]
References
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External links
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- Report on Hans Kleppen's 101st birthday at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-24) (in Norwegian)
- Notice of death from Aftenposten
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Midt-Telemark Municipality
- Norwegian men centenarians
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Skiers from Telemark
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Norwegian ski jumping biography stubs