Yngvar Bryn (17 December 1881 – 30 April 1947) was a Norwegian track and field athlete and pairs figure skater who competed in the

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, and in the

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held in

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. At just aged 18 years old, Bryn won to silver medals at the 1899 Norwegian Athletic Championships in the 100 metres and 500 metre races, in 1901 and 1902 he became the Norwegian Champion in the 500 metres, he also became the 100 metres Norwegian record holder in 1902 when he recorded at time of 11.1 seconds. In 1900 he participated in the 200 metres competition and in the 400 metres competition. In both events he was eliminated in the first round. As a track and field athlete Bryn was representing

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. Bryn was elected president of the

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in 1908 when aged just 26 years old, a position he held for the next three years. As a pair skater, he competed with Alexia Bryn. They won silver medals at the

and at the 1923 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as the bronze at the 1912 Worlds. He is one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. In 1932 Bryn took part in his third Olympics, this time as a judge in both figure skating and

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during the

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in Lake Placid. He chaired the

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from 1926 to 1927. Bryn also studied

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, and as well as all his sporting activities he was also a high school teacher up to his death in 1947 when aged 65 years old.

Results

Pairs with ( Alexia Bryn)

References

Database Olympics profile

Pairs on Ice profile

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryn, Yngvar 1881 births 1947 deaths Norwegian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Norwegian male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Norwegian sports executives and administrators Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kristiansand