Hans Aalien

Hans Anton Aalien

Personal information
Born	(1958-09-21) 21 September 1958 (age 66) Elverum, Norway
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Athletics Cross-country skiing Swimming
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1988 Winter: 1st
Paralympic finals	1980 Winter: 2 gold, 1 bronze 1984 Winter: 3 gold 1988 Winter: 2 gold, 1 silver
Medal record Summer Paralympic Games Representing  Norway Athletics 1980 Arnhem 1,500 m A Swimming Toronto 1976 100 m Breaststroke A 1984 New York/ Stoke Mandeville 100 m Breaststroke B1 Winter Paralympic Games Representing  Norway Cross-country skiing Geilo 1980 4x10 km Relay 5A-5B Geilo 1980 Long Distance 20 km 5B 1984 Innsbruck 4x10 km Relay B1-2 1984 Innsbruck Middle Distance 10 km B1 1984 Innsbruck Short Distance 10 km B1 1988 Innsbruck 4x10 km Relay B1-3 1988 Innsbruck Short Distance 15 km B1 1988 Innsbruck Long Distance 30 km B1 Geilo 1980 Middle Distance 10 km 5B

Hans Anton Aalien (born 21 September 1958, Elverum, Norway) is a blind skier from Eggedal. He won a gold medal in the disabled skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with a time of 18 minutes, 52.2 seconds.^[1][2]

He participated in track and field athletics at four consecutive Summer Paralympics, from 1976 to 1988, and also competed in swimming in 1976 and 1984. He won one bronze medal in athletics and a silver and a bronze in swimming. At the Winter Paralympics, he competed in cross-country skiing in 1980, 1984, and 1988, and medaled in every event he participated in. He won a total of seven golds, one silver, and one bronze winter Paralympic medal.^[3]

References

1. "Calgary 1988: results skiing cross-country". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
2. "RESULTS OF THE XVth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN CALGARY" (PDF). Retrieved March 17, 2013.
3. "Hans Anton Aalien". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.