Helge Bjørnstad

Helge Bjørnstad
Born	(1971-10-14) 14 October 1971 (age 53) Østerås, Norway
Position	?
National team	Norway
Playing career	?–present
Medal record Representing  Norway Men's para ice hockey Winter Paralympic Games 1998 Nagano Team competition 1994 Lillehammer Team competition 2002 Salt Lake City Team competition 2006 Turin Team competition 2010 Vancouver Team competition World Championships 2009 Ostrava Team competition European Championships 2011 Sollefteå Team competition Men's para swimming Summer Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona 100 m backstroke S9 1992 Barcelona 200 m medley SM9 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke S9 1996 Atlanta 200 m medley SM9 1992 Barcelona 400 m freestyle S9 1996 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke SB8

Helge Bjørnstad (born 14 October 1971) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player^[1][2] and swimmer.

As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver (1994, 2002, 2006) from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal. He took the bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.^[3]

He has also won several Paralympic medals as a swimmer. He took two gold medals and one silver at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, and two gold and one silver at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.^[4]

He received the Egebergs Ærespris in 2009, a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport.^[5]

References

1. "Helge Bjornstad". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
2. "Team Profile". www.hockeycanada.ca.
3. "Helge Bjornstad". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
4. "Helge Bjoernstad". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
5. Andresen hedret med Egeberg, Tidens Krav, 30 December 2009

External links

• Helge Bjornstad (para ice hockey) at the International Paralympic Committee
• Helge Bjoernstad (swimming) at the International Paralympic Committee