Bjørg Skjælaaen (6 September 1933 – 11 January 2019)
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was a Norwegian
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. She competed at the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Discussions about Oslo hosting ...
in
Oslo
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, where she placed 13th with partner
Reidar Børjeson
Reidar Kristoffer Børjeson (2 April 1931 – 5 September 2011) was a Norwegian figure skater. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county a ...
.
She was Norwegian pairs champion in 1951 and 1952, with partner Børjeson, and in 1953, 1954 and 1955 together with partner
Johannes Thorsen.
Results
(with
Reidar Børjeson
Reidar Kristoffer Børjeson (2 April 1931 – 5 September 2011) was a Norwegian figure skater. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county a ...
)
(with
Johannes Thorsen)
References
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1933 births
2019 deaths
Norwegian female pair skaters
Olympic figure skaters for Norway
Figure skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics
20th-century Norwegian sportswomen
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