Reidun Laengen
Reidun Berit Laengen (3 December 1948 in Vågå - 9 October 1995) was a visually impaired Norwegian Paralympic athlete. She competed in cross-country skiing in the Paralympic Winter Games and athletics in the Paralympic Summer Games. She has a total of 3 golds and two silver medals .[1][2]
Career[edit]
At the 1976 Paralympic Winter Games, she won a gold medal in cross-country skiing 10 kilometers B,[3] silver medal in cross-country skiing, 5 kilometers B,[4] and silver medal in cross-country skiing, 3 x 5 km relay (together with Aud Grundvik and Aud Berntsen ).[5]
At the 1976 Paralympic Summer Games, she won two gold medals in 100 meters B,[6] and long jump B.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Reidun Laengen - Nordic Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "R. Laengen - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Ornskoldsvik 1976 - cross-country - womens-middle-distance-10-km-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Ornskoldsvik 1976 - cross-country - womens-short-distance-5-km-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Ornskoldsvik 1976 - cross-country - womens-3x5-km-relay-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - athletics - womens-100-m-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - athletics - womens-long-jump-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Vågå
- Paralympic gold medalists for Norway
- Paralympic cross-country skiers for Norway
- Paralympic athletes for Norway
- Norwegian female cross-country skiers
- Norwegian female sprinters
- Norwegian female long jumpers
- Paralympic sprinters
- Paralympic long jumpers
- Visually impaired sprinters
- Visually impaired long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Paralympics
- 20th-century Norwegian women
- 20th-century Norwegian people