Reidar Andreassen (born 19 December 1932) is a retired Norwegian

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and

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. He was national champion in both athletics and skiing and competed internationally in skiing. He has received the

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, and award for excelling in one sport and showing eminent performance in another different sport.

Career

Andreassen was Norwegian champion in

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in 1960. He also took silver medals in the

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in 1957 and 1958, and in the 5000 metres in 1959. His personal best times were 1:55.4 in the

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(1960), 3:50.1 in the

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(1960), 8:12.2 in the

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(1960), 9:04.6 in the 3000 metres steeplechase (1958), 14:21.6 in the

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(1960) and 30:05.0 in the 10,000 metres (1960). He was Norwegian champion in the 50 km in 1958 and 1960, and competed at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 took place 2-9 March 1958 in Lahti, Finland. This marked the third time the city hosted this event having done so in 1926 and 1938. Germany returned to the FIS Nordic Ski Championships for the first time ...

. Here he finished as the best Norwegian in 20th place in the 50 kilometres race, which stood as the worst performance by the Norwegian team until

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. He was awarded

in 1960. He represented the clubs Herefoss IL and

IL i BUL Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag. IL i BUL has ...

Cross-country skiing results

World Championships

Personal life

Andreassen was born in

Herefoss Herefoss is a village in Birkenes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern end of the Herefossfjorden which is a large lake on the river Tovdalselva. The Norwegian National Road 41 runs through the villag ...

on 19 December 1932. His brother Ivar was also a national champion in athletics and skiing (relay). Reidar Andreassen is the uncle of biathlete

Gunn Margit Andreassen Gunn Margit Aas Andreassen (born 23 July 1973 in Kristiansand) is a former Norwegian biathlete. Biathlon career She won two Olympic medals, bronze in Nagano 1998 and silver in Salt Lake City 2002, both in the relay. From the Worl ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreassen, Reidar 1932 births Living people People from Aust-Agder Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian male steeplechase runners Norwegian male cross-country skiers Sportspeople from Agder