Asle Strand (29 September 1953 – 9 June 2000) was a
Norwegian
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luger who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the
1976 FIL European Luge Championships in
Hammarstrand
Hammarstrand is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,052 inhabitants in 2010. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track. It was built on the dry bed of the former lake Döda ...
,
Sweden.
Strand also finished 13th in the men's doubles event at the
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...
in
Innsbruck.
Death
While recording a film of his methods in the Lyngen Alps in Trom, Norway, Strand was mortally wounded during a practice run and died several days later on 9 June 2000.
References
1976 Winter Olympic men's doubles results
Lugers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Norwegian male lugers
1953 births
2000 deaths
Olympic lugers of Norway
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