Leif Solheim
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| Full name | Leif Sigurd Solheim | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1932 Oslo, Norway[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 July 2024 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice hockey | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Furuset IF | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit | edit source]Solheim played for Furuset IF[1] and the Norway national team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1952.[2] He won a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships in Paris.[3]
He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1959, and was the first recipient of the prize.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Born in Oslo on 14 July 1932,[1] Solheim was a brother of Olympian ice hockey player Øivind Solheim.[2]
Solheim died on 12 July 2024, at the age of 91.[5]
References
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External links
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