Sten Abel
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| Full name | Egil Sten Abel | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1899 Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1989 (aged 90) Bærum, Norway | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Royal Norwegian Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Egil Sten Abel (18 November 1899 – 30 December 1989) was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Fornebo, which won the silver medal in the 7 metre class.[1]
Abel was a reserve officer (Norwegian: vernepliktig officer) in the Norwegian Army.[2] During the Norwegian campaign, he was placed in the command of a group of volunteers dubbed ‘Abel’s Ski Company’. The group was disbanded after Norway’s surrender, and Abel was taken in as a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1941.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sten Abel". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Petersen, Alf (1936). "Abel, Sten". Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864–1933 (in Norwegian). Oslo: A. M. Hanche. pp. 45–46.
- ^ "Sten Abel". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Sten Abel at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Sten Abel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Sten Abel at Olympics.com
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- 1899 births
- 1989 deaths
- Norwegian male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 7 Metre
- Olympic sailors for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Norwegian Army personnel of World War II
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Royal Norwegian Yacht Club sailors
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs
- Norwegian yacht racing biography stubs