Johnny Anker Lunde (26 October 1923 – 2 April 2013) was a Norwegian alpine skier and engineer.

Biography

Lunde was born in

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, and represented the club Konnerud IL. He participated at the

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in Saint Moritz, and 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 ...

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. He did not finish the downhill race in 1948, but finished a tied 20th in downhill in

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. In 1949 he won the downhill competition which was part of the alpine combined in the Norwegian championship. He graduated as a construction engineer from

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in 1949. After working in construction from 1950 to 1958 he spent his career at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute until 1990, working with

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. He resided in

Sandvika Sandvika () is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a List of cities in Norway, city by the municipal council (Norway), municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003. Sandvika is situated approximately ...

. He was a grandfather of snowboarder

Line Østvold Line Lunde Østvold (7 November 1978 – 19 September 2004) was a Norwegian professional snowboarder who specialized in snowboard cross (downhill obstacle) events. In 2001, she was ranked the number one World Female Boardercross Athlete as we ...

. He died in April 2013.Death announcement, '' Budstikka'', 5 April 2013 p. 46

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* 1923 births 2013 deaths People from Buskerud People from Nore og Uvdal Skiers from Buskerud Skiers from Bærum Norwegian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland ETH Zurich alumni Norwegian engineers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub